The Water Valley Wildcats and the Rankin Red Devils will round out the year against one another at at 11:40 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Water Valley is headed into the game having just suffered their biggest loss since February 2nd last Friday. They lost 59-34 to Blackwell. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1055th, while the Hornets are ranked 459th).
Meanwhile, Rankin unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Friday. They took a hard 44-30 fall against Garden City.
Water Valley's record is now 4-4. As for Rankin, their record now sits at 9-5.
Everything went Water Valley's way against Rankin when the teams last played back in November of 2016, as Water Valley made off with a 64-39 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Water Valley since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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