The Columbia Roughnecks will head out on the road to square off against the Brazosport Exporters at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Columbia has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with four straight losses, while Brazosport will come in with three straight victories.
Columbia is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against La Marque on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Columbia took a blow against La Marque, falling 99-40. While losing is never fun, the Roughnecks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1187th, while the Cougars are ranked 154th).
Meanwhile, Brazosport didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Bay City on Friday, but they still walked away with a 59-54 win.
Columbia's defeat dropped their record down to 7-20. As for Brazosport, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season.
Columbia couldn't quite finish off Brazosport when the teams last played back in December of 2024 and fell 66-64. Can Columbia avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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