The Temple Wildcats are taking a road trip to challenge the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Tuesday, Temple was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 39-34 to Bryan. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 548th, while the Vikings are ranked 172nd).
Meanwhile, Copperas Cove suffered their closest defeat since November 7, 2024 on Friday. They fell just short of Bryan by a score of 57-55. The Bulldawgs haven't had much luck with the Vikings recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Copperas Cove's loss dropped their record down to 11-20. As for Temple, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-15.
Temple strolled past Copperas Cove when the teams last played back in December of 2024 by a score of 41-24. The rematch might be a little tougher for Temple since the squad 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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