Tigers
| 01/14/25 vs Porter | 66 |
| 12/17/24 @ Donna North | 65 |
| 11/23/24 vs Valley View | 55 |
| 01/10/25 vs Weslaco East | 53 |
| 12/20/24 vs Edcouch-Elsa | 53 |
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mercedes). They took down the Porter Cowboys 66-48 on Tuesday. The Tigers pushed the score to 54-31 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cowboys cut but never quite recovered from.
Leading Mercedes to victory were Marques Clower and Joseph Carr. Clower went 6 for 13 en route to 22 points along with seven rebounds and four steals, while Carr went 8 of 16 on his way to 20 points. Clower is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last three games he's played. J.R. Ramirez was another key player, putting up nine points and three steals.
Mercedes was working as a unit and finished the game with ten assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Mercedes' victory ended an eight-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 9-14. As for Porter, they dropped their record down to 4-15 with the defeat, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Mercedes has already played their next game (against Harlingen South), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Porter will face off against Donna North at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Porter is facing Donna North at the right time seeing as Donna North is stuck on a 12-game losing streak.
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