The Tom Bean Tomcats will challenge the Whitewright Tigers at 6:15 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Tom Bean is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Wolfe City: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Tom Bean blew Wolfe City out of the water with a 63-26 final score. The Tomcats have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 21 points or more this season.
| 02/04/25 @ Wolfe City | 8 |
| 12/07/23 vs Midway | 6 |
| 12/19/24 @ Trenton | 5 |
| 01/24/25 vs Trenton | 5 |
| 12/28/23 vs McLeod | 4 |
Chase Stratton and Maguire Poole were among the main playmakers for Tom Bean as the former posted nine points and eight steals and the latter put up nine points and six steals. Those eight steals gave Stratton a new career-high. Treyshaun West was another key player, putting up seven points and five steals.
Meanwhile, Whitewright hadn't done well against Celeste recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Whitewright came out on top against Celeste by a score of 50-43. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.
Whitewright has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 25-4 record this season. As for Tom Bean, their win bumped their record up to 16-12.
Tom Bean came up short against Whitewright when the teams last played back in January, falling 37-32. Can Tom Bean avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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