The Killeen Kangaroos will take on the Temple Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Killeen will be strutting in after a win while Temple will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with eight losses in a row, Killeen turned things around against Bryan on Tuesday. They snuck past the Vikings with a 54-49 victory. The win was all the more spectacular given the Kangaroos' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 764th, while the Vikings are ranked 192nd).
Meanwhile, Temple was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They took a hard 42-26 fall against Harker Heights.
Killeen's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-24. As for Temple, their loss dropped their record down to 10-18.
Killeen came up short against Temple in their previous matchup on January 7th, falling 40-33. Can Killeen avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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