Midland is on a six-game streak of home losses, Odessa a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Tuesday. The Midland Bulldogs will host the Odessa Bronchos at 7:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Midland came up into this matchup off a tough 38-point loss on Tuesday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Midland Legacy by a score of 50-48 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 799th, while the Rebels are ranked 309th).
Meanwhile, Odessa played a tough game on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They took a blow against Permian, falling 68-40.
Odessa's defeat dropped their record down to 13-18. As for Midland, their loss dropped their record down to 10-21.
Midland didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Odessa in their previous matchup back in January, but they still walked away with a 46-41 victory. Will Midland repeat their success, or does Odessa have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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