La Joya and Edinburg North are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2017, but not for long. The La Joya Coyotes will face off against the Edinburg North Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. La Joya is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.1 points per game this season.
Last Friday, La Joya came up short against Edinburg and fell 69-60. While losing is never fun, the Coyotes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 877th, while the Bobcats are ranked 354th).
Despite their defeat, La Joya saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Daniel Trevino, who posted 25 points, was perhaps the best of all. That was a full 41.7% of La Joya's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's scored more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Owen Benoit, who went 5 for 6 en route to 16 points.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Edinburg North faced off against Weslaco on Friday. Edinburg North took a 36-25 hit to the loss column at the hands of Weslaco. The game marked the Cougars' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Edinburg North's loss dropped their record down to 19-14. As for La Joya, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-19.
La Joya didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Edinburg North in their previous matchup on January 10th, but they still walked away with a 37-33 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for La Joya 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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