Sabine and Troup are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2018, but not for long. A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Sabine Cardinals challenge the Troup Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Sabine is coming into the contest hot, having won their last three games.
Last Tuesday, Sabine didn't have too much trouble with West Rusk as they won 53-34. The Cardinals pushed the score to 46-23 by the end of the third, a deficit the Raiders cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Troup had to endure a three-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They managed a 37-31 victory over White Oak on Tuesday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 488th, while the Roughnecks are ranked 1319th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Sabine pushed their record up to 7-17 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.0 points per game. As for Troup, their victory bumped their record up to 19-6.
Sabine came up short against Troup when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 35-22. Will Sabine have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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