The Austwell-Tivoli Redfish are taking a road trip to take on the Nordheim Pirates at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Austwell-Tivoli has been dominant on offense recently, having racked up an incredible 209 points over their last three matchups.
Last Tuesday, everything came up roses for Austwell-Tivoli against Runge as the team secured a 74-35 win. The Redfish have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 games by 26 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Mackenzi Cortez, who posted 34 points in addition to eight assists and three blocks. That makes it ten consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Austwell-Tivoli's points. Another player making a difference was Tatum Villarreal, who put up 14 points.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Nordheim's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They were dealt a 70-14 defeat at the hands of Moulton. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1356th, while the Bobkatz are ranked 513th).
Austwell-Tivoli is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.6 points per game. As for Nordheim, their loss dropped their record down to 9-11.
Austwell-Tivoli and Nordheim were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting on January 14th, but Austwell-Tivoli came up empty-handed after a 44-43 defeat. Can Austwell-Tivoli avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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