The Slidell Greyhounds and the Tioga Bulldogs will meet in a dog eat dog contest at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Slidell has five straight wins, Tioga has eight straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Friday, Slidell beat Era 48-39. Given the Greyhounds' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 416th, while the Hornets are ranked 861st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 66-27, which was the final score in Tioga's tilt against Lindsay on Friday.
Slidell is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.4 points per game. As for Tioga, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-18.
Slidell took their victory against Tioga when the teams last played back in January by a conclusive 56-33. Will Slidell repeat their success, or does Tioga have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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