Edinburg North and La Joya are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2017, but not for long. The Edinburg North Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the La Joya Coyotes at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Edinburg North is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 72 points on Monday, they were much more limited against Weslaco on Friday. They fell 36-25 to the Panthers. The game marked the Cougars' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, La Joya also suffered a loss in their last game, but this one to Edinburg by a score of 69-60. While losing is never fun, the Coyotes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 877th, while the Bobcats are ranked 354th).
Edinburg North will need focus on slowing down Daniel Trevino, one of several La Joya players who made an impact when they last played. He posted 25 points. That was a full 41.7% of La Joya's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's had more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Owen Benoit, who went 5 of 6 en route to 16 points.
This is the second loss in a row for La Joya and nudges their season record down to 11-19. As for Edinburg North, their defeat dropped their record down to 19-14.
Edinburg North came up short against La Joya in their previous meeting on January 10th, falling 37-33. Will Edinburg North have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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