Rio Grande City waltzed into their contest on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They snuck past the La Feria Lions with a 49-44 win. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Rattlers' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 458th, while the Lions are ranked 88th).
Rio Grande City is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.6 points per game. As for La Feria, with the defeat, they broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-1.
Rio Grande City and Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North will face off at 12:00 p.m. on Friday without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. La Feria has already played their next game (against Rio Grande City), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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