The Slocum Mustangs and the Cushing Bearkats will round out the year against one another at at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Last Friday, Slocum came up short against Lovelady and fell 41-33. The Mustangs have struggled against the Lions recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Cushing played a tough contest on Thursday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 74-50 to Alto. While losing is never fun, the Bearkats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1267th, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 612th).
Cushing's defeat dropped their record down to 6-10. As for Slocum, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-9.
Slocum didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Cushing in their previous matchup on December 3rd, but they still walked away with a 59-53 win. Will Slocum repeat their success, or does Cushing have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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