The Whitewright Tigers will face off against the Tom Bean Tomcats at 6:15 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Whitewright will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Celeste, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Whitewright came out on top against Celeste by a score of 50-43 on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Tom Bean's strategy against Wolfe City on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Tom Bean blew Wolfe City out of the water with a 63-26 final score. The Tomcats have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 21 points or more this season.
Whitewright better focus on containing Chase Stratton and Maguire Poole as the pair were huge in Tom Bean's win. Stratton posted nine points and eight steals, while Poole put up nine points and six steals. The dominant performance gave Stratton a new career-high in steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Treyshaun West, who scored seven points and five steals.
Whitewright is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 25-4 record this season. As for Tom Bean, their win bumped their record up to 16-12.
Whitewright didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Tom Bean when the teams last played back in January, but they still walked away with a 37-32 victory. Will Whitewright repeat their success, or does Tom Bean have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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