Fossil Ridge has won four straight games at home, while Ponder has won four straight on the road dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Fossil Ridge Panthers duke it out with the Ponder Lions at 7:00 p.m.
Fossil Ridge will head into Friday's contest ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Waxahachie on Friday, but the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 42-point defeat they were dealt on Friday. Fossil Ridge fell just short of Waxahachie by a score of 49-47. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Panthers came into the matchup with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Indians are ranked 289th).
Meanwhile, Ponder earned a 60-51 victory over John Paul II on Friday.
Ponder's win bumped their record up to 11-1. As for Fossil Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 9-3.
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