The Edinburg North Cougars will venture away from home to take on the Veterans Memorial Chargers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Edinburg North knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past five contests -- so hopefully Veterans Memorial likes a good challenge.
Last Tuesday, Edinburg North was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 63-58 to Los Fresnos. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (56), the Cougars still had to take the loss.
Despite the defeat, Edinburg North saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Raul Palacios went 9 for 13 on his way to 23 points. That was a full 39.7% of Edinburg North's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Jose Ramirez was another key player, going 5 for 10 on his way to 13 points.
Meanwhile, Veterans Memorial posted their biggest victory since February 6th on Tuesday. They took their match with ease, bagging a 76-48 win over Valley View. Given the Chargers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 692nd, while the Tigers are ranked 1447th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Veterans Memorial's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-12. As for Edinburg North, their loss dropped their record down to 14-10.
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