If Texas was riding high fresh off their 54-18 takedown of Marshall last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Texas Tigers came up short against the Jacksonville Fightin' Indians on Friday, falling 61-37. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 554th, while the Fightin' Indians are ranked 103rd).
Texas dropped their record down to 8-10 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Jacksonville, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 25-7 record this season.
Texas didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 51-42 loss against Lufkin on the 28th. As for Jacksonville, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 47-43 victory against Mt. Pleasant on the 28th.
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