The Belton Tigers will be playing at home against the Shoemaker Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Belton will be looking to keep their ten-game home win streak (dating back to last season) alive.
Belton stacked a 13th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They blew past Chaparral 73-47. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 49-17.
Meanwhile, even though Lake Belton scored an imposing 63 points on Wednesday, Shoemaker still came out on top. Shoemaker was the clear victor by a 86-63 margin over Lake Belton. Given Shoemaker's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 54th, while Lake Belton is ranked 779th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Belton's victory bumped their record up to 23-3. As for Shoemaker, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-6 record this season.
Belton strolled past Shoemaker when the teams last played back in February of 2023 by a score of 61-43. Does Belton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Shoemaker turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.