The Chapel Hill Bulldogs will head out to square off against the Grand Saline Indians at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Grand Saline is hoping to do what Terrell couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Chapel Hill's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Chapel Hill came out on top against Terrell by a score of 80-73. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 135th, while the Tigers are ranked 951st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Grand Saline unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Thursday. They took a 78-70 hit to the loss column at the hands of Big Sandy. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (61), the Indians still had to take the loss.
Grand Saline might have lost, but man, Landon Mayne was a machine: he almost dropped a double-double on 21 points and nine rebounds. Mayne's morning made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kolton Prox, who went 5 for 8 en route to 12 points.
Chapel Hill's win bumped their record up to 10-3. As for Grand Saline, their loss dropped their record down to 4-3.
Everything came up roses for Chapel Hill against Grand Saline when the teams last played back in November, as the team secured an 85-48 victory. Will Chapel Hill repeat their success, or does Grand Saline have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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