The Canutillo Eagles are taking a road trip to challenge the El Paso Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Canutillo took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They came out on top against Jefferson by a score of 59-46. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 281st, while the Silver Foxes are ranked 1208th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, El Paso had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 69-56 win over the Mustangs.
El Paso's victory bumped their record up to 14-11. As for Canutillo, they are also on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season.
Canutillo couldn't quite finish off El Paso in their previous meeting back in February of 2024 and fell 56-54. Can Canutillo avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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