The Hamilton Bulldogs are taking a road trip to square off against the Santo Wildcats at 6:15 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Hamilton is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Lipan just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 48-38 to the Indians.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Santo faced off against Hico on Tuesday. Santo took a 33-23 hit to the loss column at the hands of Hico. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1001st, while the Tigers are ranked 485th).
Hamilton's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-11. As for Santo, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-14.
Hamilton took their victory against Santo in their previous matchup on January 7th by a conclusive 54-34. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hamilton since the team 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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