The O'Connor Panthers will take on the Taft Raiders at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (O'Connor has three straight wins, Taft has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Saturday, O'Connor beat Stevens 55-46. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 169th, while the Falcons are ranked 386th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 55 points the game before, Taft was a bit more limited in their game on Saturday. They were outmatched by Brennan and fell 94-22. The matchup marked the Raiders' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
O'Connor pushed their record up to 19-11 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.7 points over those games. As for Taft, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-25.
O'Connor took their win against Taft in their previous matchup back in January by a conclusive 63-39. Will O'Connor repeat their success, or does Taft have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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