Plainview hasn't had much luck against Amarillo recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Plainview Bulldogs will face off against the Amarillo Sandies at 7:30 p.m. Plainview knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matches -- so hopefully Amarillo likes a good challenge.
Plainview is headed into the game having just suffered their closest loss since December 13, 2024 on Friday. They fell just short of Monterey by a score of 62-60. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (57), the Bulldogs still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Amarillo entered their tilt with Coronado on Saturday with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They came out on top against the Mustangs by a score of 43-31. Given the Sandies' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 33rd, while the Mustangs are ranked 760th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Amarillo has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 18 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.3 points per game. As for Plainview, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-8.
Plainview was dealt a bruising 59-26 loss at the hands of Amarillo in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Plainview was down 30-10.
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