The Tioga Bulldogs and the Slidell Greyhounds will meet in a dog eat dog contest at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Tioga has struggled recently with eight losses in a row, while Slidell will arrive with five straight victories.
Last Friday, Tioga had to suffer through a 66-27 loss at the hands of Lindsay. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1136th, while the Knights are ranked 403rd).
Meanwhile, Slidell earned a 48-39 win over Era on Friday.
Slidell has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.4 points per game. As for Tioga, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-18.
Tioga suffered a grim 56-33 defeat to Slidell in their previous matchup back in January. Can Tioga avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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