The Farwell Steers will face off against the Olton Mustangs at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Olton will be up against a hot Farwell team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. Farwell simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Bovina 67-27. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Steers had established a 29 point advantage.
Meanwhile, Olton had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 40.2 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They blew past the Hornets 64-37. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 280th, while the Hornets are ranked 1140th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Olton is also on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.9 points per game. As for Farwell, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-5.
Farwell came up short against Olton in their previous matchup back in January, falling 68-59. Can Farwell avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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