Nimitz is on a five-game streak of home losses, and Irving a 14-game streak of away losses dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Saturday. The Nimitz Vikings will be playing at home against the Irving Tigers at 11:30 a.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
On Thursday, Nimitz was beaten by Richardson 64-36. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 684th, while the Eagles are ranked 198th).
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 82-29, which was the final score in Irving's tilt against Pearce on Thursday.
Irving's loss dropped their record down to 3-21. As for Nimitz, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-12.
Nimitz was able to grind out a solid victory over Irving in their previous meeting on January 6th, winning 52-40. Will the Vikings repeat their success, or do the Tigers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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