Texas City hasn't had much luck against Friendswood recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Texas City Stingarees will be home for the holidays to greet the Friendswood Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Texas City is headed into Tuesday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. They were dealt a 69-26 loss at the hands of La Porte. While losing is never fun, the Stingarees can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1311th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 247th).
Meanwhile, Friendswood didn't have quite enough to beat La Porte on Tuesday and fell 39-36. The Mustangs have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Friendswood's defeat dropped their record down to 11-7. As for Texas City, their loss dropped their record down to 4-12.
Texas City was taken down by Friendswood 64-27 when the teams last played back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Friendswood's Helen Byrd, who went 7 of 13 on her way to 21 points and seven steals. Now that Texas City knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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