It was a proper cat-fight when Neches challenged Rains on Friday. The Neches Tigers took a 52-40 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Rains Wildcats. 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 309th, while the Wildcats are ranked 74th).
Neches' loss dropped their record down to 6-5. As for Rains, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 18-3.
Neches will face off against Grapeland at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Rains, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 50-46 victory against Lipan on the 27th.
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