A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Terrell Tigers duke it out with the Midlothian Heritage Jaguars at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday... Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Friday, Terrell beat Ennis 56-43. The Tigers pushed the score to 48-28 by the end of the third, a deficit the Lions cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Midlothian Heritage didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Crandall on Friday, but they still walked away with a 38-32 win. Given the Jaguars' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 139th, while the Pirates are ranked 319th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Midlothian Heritage's win came from a few key players Terrell will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Danaya Hicks, who posted 13 points. That's the most points she has posted since back in November of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Batty, who had 13 points.
Midlothian Heritage is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-9 record this season. As for Terrell, their victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 13-18.
Terrell came up short against Midlothian Heritage in their previous meeting on January 3rd, falling 41-34. Can Terrell avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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