The Memorial Mustangs and the Brenham Cubs will compete for holiday cheer at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Memorial will be strutting in after a win while Brenham will be coming in after a defeat.
Memorial will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Cy-Fair, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. The Mustangs skirted past the Bobcats 50-48. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Mustangs' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 627th, while the Bobcats are ranked 103rd).
Meanwhile, Brenham didn't have quite enough to beat Bryan on Tuesday and fell 66-63. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (58), the Cubs still had to take the loss.
Brenham has also traveled a rocky road recently, having lost three of their last four matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 9-7 record this season. As for Memorial, they now have a winning record of 9-8.
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