The Lake Belton Broncos will head out on the road to face off against the Shoemaker Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lake Belton knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past five matches -- so hopefully Shoemaker likes a good challenge.
Lake Belton pushed their score all the way to 68 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They lost to Chaparral on the road by a decisive 85-68 margin. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their last game on Tuesday (67), Lake Belton still had to take the loss.
Shoemaker posted their biggest victory yet this season on Friday. They claimed a resounding 89-33 win over Waco at home. Given Shoemaker's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 53rd, while Waco is ranked 737th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lake Belton has not been sharp recently, as they've lost ten of their last 12 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-16 record this season. As for Shoemaker, they pushed their record up to 20-6 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Lake Belton came up short against Shoemaker when the teams last played back in February of 2023, falling 73-65. Can Lake Belton avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
