Navarro hasn't had much luck against Wimberley recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Navarro Panthers are taking a road trip to square off against the Wimberley Texans at 6:30 p.m.
On Tuesday, Navarro ended up a good deal behind Bandera and lost 42-27. The game marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Meanwhile, Wimberley came tearing into Tuesday's contest with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.5 points) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 53-43 victory over the Billies. Given the Texans' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 263rd, while the Billies are ranked 658th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Wimberley pushed their record up to 23-8 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.8 points per game. As for Navarro, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-16.
Navarro was dealt a bruising 67-36 loss at the hands of Wimberley when the teams last played two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Wimberley's Paul Gumbert-Mendoza, who went 9 for 16 on his way to 19 points in addition to eight assists and seven steals. Now that Navarro knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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