The Lampasas Badgers will square off against the Gateway College Preparatory Gators at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Lampasas comes in on eight and Gateway College Preparatory on nine.
Lampasas is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Burnet: they outscored them in every quarter. Lampasas blew past Burnet 63-39 on Tuesday. The Badgers pushed the score to 49-26 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bulldogs had little chance of recovering from.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Gateway College Preparatory over Salado in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Gateway College Preparatory blew Salado out of the water with a 57-24 final score. Given the Gators' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 417th, while the Eagles are ranked 879th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Gateway College Preparatory pushed their record up to 18-7 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.2 points over those games. As for Lampasas, their win bumped their record up to 24-8.
Everything went Lampasas' way against Gateway College Preparatory when the teams last played back in December of 2024, as Lampasas made off with a 68-45 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lampasas since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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