Bovina is 0-10 against Floydada since January of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Bovina Mustangs will square off against the Floydada Whirlwinds at 7:00 p.m. Bovina will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 1196th, while Floydada is ranked 414th).
Last Saturday, Bovina came up short against Valley and fell 49-40. Bovina has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Floydada waltzed into their match on Friday with two straight wins but they left with three. They walked away with a 64-56 victory over Olton. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Floydada's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Braun Hobbs, who almost dropped a double-double on 17 points and nine rebounds. Hobbs has been hot recently, having posted 17 or more points the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Hagen Hinsley, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 14 rebounds.
Bovina has not been sharp recently as the team has lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 12-20 record this season. As for Floydada, they pushed their record up to 25-8 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
Bovina was taken down by Floydada 80-34 in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Bovina was down 56-14.
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