The Grand Saline Indians will challenge the Malakoff Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Grand Saline has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight defeats, while Malakoff will come in with three straight wins.
On Tuesday, Grand Saline came up short against Edgewood and fell 43-35.
Meanwhile, Malakoff didn't have too much trouble with Mineola on Tuesday as they won 51-34. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 115th, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 456th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Malakoff is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 19 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 24-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 27.3 points per game. As for Grand Saline, their loss dropped their record down to 14-14.
Grand Saline took a serious blow against Malakoff in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, falling 55-16. Can Grand Saline avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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