The Memorial Mavericks will head out on the road to face off against the Cooper Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Last Tuesday, Memorial came up short against Abilene and fell 42-34. The Mavericks have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Cooper was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They came up short against Abilene, falling 64-39. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1138th, while the Eagles are ranked 373rd).
Cooper's defeat dropped their record down to 1-28. As for Memorial, their loss dropped their record down to 10-8.
Memorial didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Cooper in their previous meeting two weeks ago, but they still walked away with a 46-40 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Memorial since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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