The Lake Dallas Falcons will head out on the road to square off against the Gainesville Leopards at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Lake Dallas is headed into the contest having just suffered their biggest defeat since December 17, 2024 on Friday. They were dealt a 75-45 loss at the hands of Panther Creek. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 383rd, while the Panthers are ranked 84th).
Meanwhile, Gainesville played a tough matchup on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 86-65 to Panther Creek. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (59), the Leopards still had to take the loss.
Gainesville's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-14. As for Lake Dallas, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-15.
Everything came up roses for Lake Dallas against Gainesville in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, as the team secured an 81-47 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lake Dallas since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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