Manor is 1-8 against Stony Point since December of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Manor Mustangs will venture away from home to challenge the Stony Point Tigers at 7:00 p.m.
Last Friday, Manor had to suffer through a 70-30 loss at the hands of Round Rock. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1113th, while the Dragons are ranked 95th).
Meanwhile, Stony Point had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.3 points) and they went ahead and made it ten on Friday. They blew past the Raiders 86-24. The Tigers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight matches by 20 points or more this season.
Manor better focus on containing Uzziah Buntyn and Landon Short as the pair were huge in Stony Point's win. Buntyn went 6 of 10 from beyond the arc on his way to 20 points and six steals, while Short went 6 of 11 from beyond the arc on his way to 18 points and four steals. Buntyn is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last seven games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Devin Lineberger, who made all 5 shots he took to post 10 points and five rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Manor and nudges their season record down to 1-13. As for Stony Point, they pushed their record up to 15-2 with the win, which was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Manor took a serious blow against Stony Point in their previous matchup back in February, falling 91-58. Thankfully for Manor, Josiah Moseley (who dropped a double-double on 30 points and 13 boards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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