The Plains Cowboys will square off against the Ozona Lions on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Plains is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They put the hurt on McCamey with a sharp 63-41 win. Given the Cowboys' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 297th, while the Badgers are ranked 1098th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Ozona had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Monday. They blew past the Bluecats 50-19. The team accrued 41 points in the first half and coasted on those for the victory.
Ozona pushed their record up to 27-7 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.0 points over those games. As for Plains, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-4 record this season.
Plains couldn't quite finish off Ozona when the teams last played back in February of 2024 and fell 51-48. Can Plains avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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