Texas City hasn't had much luck against La Porte recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Texas City Stingarees are taking a road trip to face off against the La Porte Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 86-33, which was the final score in Texas City's tilt against Iowa Colony on Tuesday. 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 1256th, while the Pioneers are ranked 481st).
Meanwhile, La Porte narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Friendswood 39-36. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs.
This is the second loss in a row for Texas City and nudges their season record down to 4-11. As for La Porte, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season.
Texas City was taken down by La Porte 66-34 when the teams last played back in January. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Texas City was down 38-12.
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