The Newcastle Bobcats and the Benjamin Mustangs will round out the year against one another at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday at.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 80-51, which was the final score in Newcastle's tilt against Graford on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Newcastle can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1307th, while Graford is ranked 236th).
Meanwhile, even though Abilene Christian scored an imposing 63 points on Thursday, Benjamin still came out on top. Everything went Benjamin's way against Abilene Christian as Benjamin made off with a 87-63 win. The win made it back-to-back wins for Benjamin.
Grayson Rigdon had an outrageously good game as he dropped a double-double on 38 points and ten rebounds. Another player making a difference was Keegan Hayes, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten assists.
Newcastle bumped their record down to 2-6 with that defeat, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Benjamin, their victory bumped their record up to 2-0.
Newcastle was taken down by Benjamin 82-49 in their previous matchup back in December of 2021. Can Newcastle avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
