Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest is 0-7 against McAllen since February of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest Javelinas will head out on the road to face off against the McAllen Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest has struggled recently with nine losses in a row, while McAllen will arrive with seven straight wins.
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest suffered their biggest defeat yet this season on Friday. They were dealt a 93-31 defeat at the hands of Rowe. While losing is never fun, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1551st, while Rowe is ranked 507th).
Meanwhile, McAllen didn't have too much trouble with Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial on the road on Tuesday as they won 51-32. McAllen pushed the score to 47-22 by the end of the third, a deficit Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial cut but never quite recovered from.
McAllen can attribute much of their success to Dylan Benavidez, who scored 14 points along with two steals, and Mario Villegas, who scored 13 points along with eight assists and five steals. Another player making a difference was Jackson Ramirez, who scored seven points.
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest dropped their record down to 2-20 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for McAllen, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 21-9 record this season.
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest was dealt a bruising 72-34 loss at the hands of McAllen in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of McAllen's Cash Frisby, who scored 12 points along with eight steals. Now that Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
