A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Valley View Tigers take on the Weslaco Panthers at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday... The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Valley View has struggled recently with three losses in a row, while Weslaco will arrive with three straight wins.
Valley View lost 51-29 to Economedes on Tuesday. The match marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Weslaco strolled past San Benito with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 60-45. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 349th, while the Greyhounds are ranked 1158th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Weslaco's win came from a few key players Valley View will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Kade Lopez, who made all 6 shots he took from beyond the arc racking up 20 points. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in points. Jeremiah Castillo was another key player, going 7 of 11 on his way to 17 points.
Weslaco has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.7 points per game. As for Valley View, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
Valley View suffered a grim 51-30 defeat to Weslaco when the teams last played back in December of 2021. Can Valley View avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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