The Greenville Lions will head out on the road to square off against the Melissa Cardinals at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Greenville comes in still looking for their first win of the season.
Greenville suffered their biggest loss since December 12, 2023 on Friday. They took a serious blow against Lovejoy, falling 83-12. While losing is never fun, Greenville can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1216th, while Lovejoy is ranked 161st).
Meanwhile, in a tight game that could have gone either way, Melissa made off with a 47-46 win over Lovejoy. The win was just what Melissa needed coming off of a 51-28 defeat in their prior matchup.
Greenville's loss was their eighth straight at home, which bumped their record down to 0-25. As for Melissa, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 18 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-9 record this season.
Greenville took a serious blow against Melissa in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, falling 73-11. Can Greenville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
