The Incarnate Word Shamrocks will head out on the road to face off against the Veterans Memorial Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Incarnate Word and five for Veterans Memorial.
Incarnate Word is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Antonian Prep on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Incarnate Word was outmatched by Antonian Prep and fell 75-6. The Shamrocks were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 51-2.
Meanwhile, Veterans Memorial lost to Tivy at home by a 58-39 margin on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 780th, while the Antlers are ranked 176th).
Veterans Memorial's loss dropped their record down to 6-25. As for Incarnate Word, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-20.
Incarnate Word might still be hurting after the 54-32 loss they got from Veterans Memorial when the teams last played back in November of 2018. Thankfully for Incarnate Word, Sahara Jones (who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 13 boards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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