The Mission Veterans Memorial Patriots are taking a road trip to square off against the Mission Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Mission Veterans Memorial is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Rio Grande City on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Mission Veterans Memorial was dealt a 75-48 defeat at the hands of Rio Grande City. The Patriots haven't had much luck with the Rattlers recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Meanwhile, Mission was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They took a 55-50 hit to the loss column at the hands of Ray. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 787th, while the Texans are ranked 163rd).
Mission Veterans Memorial's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Mission, their loss dropped their record down to 4-8.
Mission Veterans Memorial didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Mission in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, but they still walked away with a 40-35 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mission Veterans Memorial 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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