The Tascosa Rebels will take on the Lubbock-Cooper Pirates in a holiday battle at at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
On Tuesday, Tascosa came up short against Amarillo and fell 52-41. While losing is never fun, the Rebels can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 131st, while the Sandies are ranked 50th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lubbock-Cooper). They breezed by Lubbock to the tune of 74-46 on Tuesday. The win was nothing new for the Pirates as they're now sitting on three straight.
Tascosa's loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 10-5. As for Lubbock-Cooper, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season.
Tascosa strolled past Lubbock-Cooper in their previous meeting back in November of 2023 by a score of 73-56. Does Tascosa have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lubbock-Cooper turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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