A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Hempstead Bobcats challenge the Rockdale Tigers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday... Rockdale took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Hempstead, who comes in off a win.
Hempstead is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took down Somerville 54-35 on Tuesday. The Bobcats pushed the score to 41-21 by the end of the third, a deficit the Yeguas cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, a win for Rockdale just wasn't in the cards on Tuesday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were beaten by Mumford 53-25. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 583rd, while the Mustangs are ranked 260th).
The victory got Hempstead back to even at 3-3. As for Rockdale, with the loss, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 6-5.
Hempstead was dealt a bruising 66-5 defeat at the hands of Rockdale when the teams last played back in December of 2014. Thankfully for Hempstead, Frances King (who went 7 for 10 en route to 16 points plus five assists and four steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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