The Castleberry Lions will face off against the Eagle Mountain Knights at 6:15 p.m. on Friday. Castleberry hasn't scored more than 22 points for seven games straight, a trend the squad is eager to reverse.
On Tuesday, Castleberry had to suffer through a 113-7 loss at the hands of Decatur. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1326th, while the Eagles are ranked 21st).
Meanwhile, Eagle Mountain played a tough match on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were outmatched by Bridgeport and fell 80-37. The Knights were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 44-22.
This is the second loss in a row for Eagle Mountain and nudges their season record down to 3-17. As for Castleberry, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-20.
Castleberry was taken down by Eagle Mountain 52-13 in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Castleberry was down 31-6.
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