Honey Grove is on a 12-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while the Rebels are on a nine-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Honey Grove Warriors will take on the Sam Rayburn Rebels at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Friday, Honey Grove was fully in charge, breezing past the Tigers 64-29 on the road. Given Honey Grove's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 415th, while the Tigers are ranked 1346th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Sam Rayburn's strategy against the Wolves on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Sam Rayburn blew the Wolves out of the water with a 57-26 final score. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point Sam Rayburn had established a 25 point advantage.
Honey Grove is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-4 record this season. As for Sam Rayburn, their victory bumped their record up to 21-9.
Honey Grove skirted past the Rebels 52-49 when the teams last played back in January. Does Honey Grove have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Rebels turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
