A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Rains Wildcats face off against the Gunter Tigers at 6:30 p.m. on Monday... Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Rains is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their game on Tuesday with ease, bagging an 88-24 win over Prairiland. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 71st, while the Patriots are ranked 1030th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Gunter waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with 17 straight wins... but they left with 18. They blew past the Tigers 74-17.
Gunter pushed their record up to 30-3 with the victory, which was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.4 points per game. As for Rains, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 29-4 record this season.
Things could have been worse for Rains, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 54-35 loss to Gunter in their previous matchup back in February of 2023. Can Rains avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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