Marble Falls and Burnet are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2017, but not for long. The Marble Falls Mustangs will square off against the Burnet Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Marble Falls has struggled recently with six losses in a row, while Burnet will arrive with three straight wins.
Marble Falls is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Jarrell on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Marble Falls was beaten by Jarrell 63-24. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1062nd, while the Cougars are ranked 282nd).
Meanwhile, Burnet strolled past Lampasas with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 36-22.
Marble Falls' defeat dropped their record down to 7-21. As for Burnet, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-14 record this season.
Marble Falls suffered a grim 60-34 defeat to Burnet in their previous matchup on January 3rd. Can Marble Falls avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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