Shepherd is 1-9 against Livingston since December of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Shepherd Pirates are taking a road trip to take on the Livingston Lions at 5:45 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.
Shepherd is headed into Tuesday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 12th straight game on Friday. They came up short against Hargrave, falling 51-28.
Meanwhile, Livingston was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They took a 52-41 hit to the loss column at the hands of Hardin-Jefferson. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 966th, while the Hawks are ranked 420th).
Livingston's defeat dropped their record down to 10-20. As for Shepherd, their loss dropped their record down to 3-19.
Shepherd suffered a grim 46-25 defeat to Livingston in their previous meeting back in January. Can Shepherd avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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