The Olton Mustangs will square off against the Hale Center Owls at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Hale Center will be up against a hot Olton squad: the team just extended their winning streak to four. Olton breezed by Lockney to the tune of 89-32 on Friday. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 287th, while the Longhorns are ranked 1386th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hale Center). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Bovina 97-33. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Hale Center pushed their record up to 17-7 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.6 points per game. As for Olton, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season.
Olton couldn't quite finish off Hale Center when the teams last played on January 10th and fell 53-50. Will Olton have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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