The Ozona Lions typically have all the answers at home, but on Tuesday the Christoval Cougars proved too difficult a challenge. They skirted past the Lions 45-42. For Christoval, this counts as revenge for the 40-39 loss Ozona walked away with the last time they faced one another back in January of 2023.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Christoval to victory, but perhaps none more so than Madyson George, who scored 15 points along with nine rebounds and five assists. Those five assists set a new season-high mark for her. The team also got some help courtesy of Halle Hughes, who scored 20 points along with nine rebounds.
Christoval has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season. As for Ozona, their defeat ended a 24-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 20-4.
Christoval will take on Water Valley at 6:15 p.m. on Friday. Water Valley will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 856th, while Christoval is ranked 311th). As for Ozona, they will head out on the road to face off against Sterling City at 6:15 p.m. on Friday.
