The Skyline Raiders will challenge the Lancaster Tigers at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Skyline has struggled recently with five defeats in a row, while Lancaster will arrive with nine straight victories.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 84-41, which was the final score in Skyline's tilt against Duncanville on Tuesday. The contest marked the Raiders' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, Lancaster was able to grind out a solid win over Cedar Hill on Tuesday, taking the game 69-57. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 13th, while the Longhorns are ranked 129th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lancaster is also on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.6 points per game. As for Skyline, their loss dropped their record down to 7-17.
Skyline was taken down by Lancaster 90-62 in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Skyline was down 46-25.
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