The Friona Chieftans will head out on the road to square off against the Roosevelt Eagles at 6:15 p.m. on Friday. Friona will be strutting in after a victory while Roosevelt will be coming in after a defeat.
Friona will bounce into Friday's game after beating Muleshoe, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. Friona had just enough and edged Muleshoe out 41-38.
Meanwhile, Roosevelt lost 62-36 to Littlefield on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 554th, while the Wildcats are ranked 195th).
Roosevelt's loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 12-13. As for Friona, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-11 record this season.
Friona suffered a grim 54-29 defeat to Roosevelt when the teams last played back in January of 2018. Can Friona avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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