The Bridge City Cardinals will head out on the road to take on the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Bridge City knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past five matchups -- so hopefully Little Cypress-Mauriceville likes a good challenge.
Bridge City is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Jasper 76-38 on Tuesday. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 413th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 1202nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Little Cypress-Mauriceville beat Jasper 62-51 on Friday. The Bears haven't had any issues with the Bulldogs recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive win against them.
Bridge City is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-10 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.9 points over those games. As for Little Cypress-Mauriceville, their victory bumped their record up to 14-20.
Bridge City came out on top in a nail-biter against Little Cypress-Mauriceville in their previous meeting back in January, sneaking past 40-37. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bridge City since the squad 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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