Tonkawa is 1-7 against Alva since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Tonkawa Buccaneers will head out on the road to square off against the Alva Goldbugs at 6:30 p.m.
Last Friday, Tonkawa came up short against Newkirk and fell 46-37. The Buccaneers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Alva had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 26.2 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They enjoyed a cozy 63-44 victory over the Boomers. Given the Goldbugs' advantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked 29th, while the Boomers are ranked 159th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Alva's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-3. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.1 points per game. As for Tonkawa, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-13.
Tonkawa was taken down by Alva 65-23 when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Can Tonkawa avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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