The Cooper Cougars and the Big Spring Steers will compete for holiday cheer at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Cooper's tournament run continued when they took on Everman on Saturday. The Cougars fell 41-31 to the Bulldogs. The contest marked the Cougars' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Big Spring). Everything went their way against Dimmitt on Friday as they made off with a 55-31 victory. The win was all the more spectacular given the Steers' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1288th, while the Bobcats are ranked 584th).
Big Spring's victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-9. As for Cooper, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-6.
Cooper was able to grind out a solid win over Big Spring when the teams last played back in December of 2024, winning 52-40. Will the Cougars repeat their success, or do the Steers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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