Mission Veterans Memorial lost against Rio Grande City back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Mission Veterans Memorial Patriots lost 69-43 to the Rio Grande City Rattlers. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1153rd, while the Rattlers are ranked 475th).
Mission Veterans Memorial dropped their record down to 10-13 with the loss, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Rio Grande City, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-10 record this season.
Mission Veterans Memorial will square off against Palmview at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Rio Grande City, they will host Juarez-Lincoln at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Rio Grande City is facing Juarez-Lincoln at the right time seeing as Juarez-Lincoln is stuck on a 16-game losing streak.
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