Texas City and Ball are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Texas City Stingarees will be playing at home against the Ball Tornadoes at 1:00 p.m. on Friday. Texas City is coming into the matchup on a four-game losing streak.
Texas City saw some tournament action on Saturday. They fell 58-48 to Alief Elsik.
Meanwhile, Ball also suffered a loss in their last game, but this one to Jesuit by a score of 50-40. While losing is never fun, the Tornadoes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 434th in Texas, while the Tigers are ranked 74th in Florida).
Texas City's loss dropped their record down to 3-15. As for Ball, they now have a losing record at 6-7.
Texas City lost to Ball at home by a decisive 55-40 margin in their previous meeting back in January. Can Texas City avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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