The Valley View Tigers will venture away from home to challenge the Hidalgo Pirates at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
It was a proper cat-fight when Valley View duked it out withLa Feria on Friday. Valley View fell just short of La Feria by a score of 44-41. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1412th, while the Lions are ranked 480th).
Meanwhile, Hidalgo posted their biggest victory since November 19, 2024 on Friday. They blew past Grulla 65-22. The Pirates have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 22 points or more this season.
The win made it two in a row for Hidalgo and bumps their season record up to 19-9. As for Valley View, their defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 5-13.
Valley View couldn't quite finish off Hidalgo in their previous matchup back in December of 2023 and fell 49-46. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hidalgo's Javier Martinez, who went 7 for 14 en route to 20 points and seven steals. Now that Valley View knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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