The Mission Veterans Memorial Patriots lost against the Palmview Lobos back in January of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The New Year welcomed Mission Veterans Memorial with a 60-20 whooping from Palmview. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Mission Veterans Memorial in their matchups with Palmview: they've now lost five in a row.
Palmview can attribute much of their success to Nicole Flores, who scored 18 points along with five assists and five steals. Those five assists set a new season-high mark for her. The team also got some help courtesy of Alia Garza, who scored ten points along with seven steals.
Mission Veterans Memorial has been struggling recently, as they've lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-10 record this season. As for Palmview, the victory (which was their 13th in a row) raised their record to 21-5.
Mission Veterans Memorial will be playing in front of their home fans against Nixon at 1:30 p.m. on Friday. Nixon presents a significant challenge as they come into the match much higher ranked than Mission Veterans Memorial in Texas (Nixon is ranked 353rd, while Mission Veterans Memorial is ranked 865th). As for Palmview, they will head out on the road to face off against Roma at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Roma will be looking to keep their six-game home win streak alive.
