Gainesville is on a five-game streak of home losses, Van Alstyne a seven-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Friday. The Gainesville Leopards will welcome the Van Alstyne Panthers at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Tuesday, Gainesville ended up a good deal behind Celina and lost 60-43. While losing is never fun, the Leopards can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 394th, while the Bobcats are ranked 169th).
Meanwhile, Van Alstyne played a tough matchup on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against Lake Dallas, falling 72-48.
Van Alstyne's defeat dropped their record down to 7-24. As for Gainesville, their loss dropped their record down to 17-17.
Gainesville didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Van Alstyne when the teams last played back in January, but they still walked away with a 65-59 win. Does Gainesville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Van Alstyne turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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