The Fayetteville Lions and the Dime Box Longhorns will compete for holiday cheer at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Fayetteville's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last six contests.
Fayetteville's tournament run continued when they took on Rice Consolidated on Friday. Fayetteville fell 76-68 to Rice Consolidated. The Lions have struggled against the Raiders recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Dime Box was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They were beaten by Onalaska 85-46. While losing is never fun, the Longhorns can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1070th, while the Wildcats are ranked 300th).
Fayetteville's loss dropped their record down to 9-8. As for Dime Box, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5.
Everything came up roses for Fayetteville against Dime Box in their previous matchup back in January, as the team secured an 82-33 victory. Will Fayetteville repeat their success, or does Dime Box have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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