Gatesville and Robinson are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2017, but not for long. The Gatesville Hornets will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against the Robinson Rockets at 8:00 p.m. Gatesville is coming into the contest hot, having won their last seven games.
Gatesville is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing China Spring: they outscored them in every quarter. Gatesville took down China Spring 58-43 on Friday.
Meanwhile, Robinson was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 47-43 to La Vega. While losing is never fun, the Rockets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1083rd, while the Pirates are ranked 183rd).
Gatesville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.2 points per game. As for Robinson, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-15.
Gatesville strolled past Robinson in their previous matchup back in February of 2024 by a score of 68-53. Will Gatesville repeat their success, or does Robinson have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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