The Sands Mustangs will take on the Wink Wildcats in a holiday battle at at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Sands will bounce into Thursday's match after beating All Saints Episcopal School, who they had gone 0-5 against in their five prior meetings. Sands came out on top in a nail-biter against All Saints Episcopal School on Tuesday, sneaking past 62-60. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 141st, while the Patriots are ranked 675th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Wink, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. They came out on top against Buena Vista by a score of 39-29 on Tuesday.
Sands pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.3 points per game. As for Wink, their record now sits at 8-4.
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