The Cushing Bearkats will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the Slocum Mustangs at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Cushing is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Alto on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Cushing might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting Alto an easy 74-50 win. While losing is never fun, the Bearkats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1267th, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 612th).
Meanwhile, Slocum came up short against Lovelady on Friday and fell 41-33. The Mustangs haven't had much luck with the Lions recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Cushing's defeat dropped their record down to 6-10. As for Slocum, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-9.
Cushing came up short against Slocum when the teams last played on December 3rd, falling 59-53. Can Cushing avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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