Poteet hasn't had much luck against Wilson recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Poteet Pirates will look to defend their home court against the Wilson Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Poteet took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They secured a 45-41 W over Samuell. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 515th, while the Spartans are ranked 1268th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Wilson against Spruce on Tuesday as the team secured a 73-30 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Poteet is also on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 13-14 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.3 points per game. As for Wilson, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 16-14.
Poteet couldn't quite finish off Wilson in their previous meeting on January 7th and fell 52-49. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Wilson's Damiran Smith, who went 5 for 11 on his way to 23 points. Now that Poteet knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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