After flying high against Chico last Tuesday, Era came back down to earth. The Era Hornets lost 73-51 to the Slidell Greyhounds on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1265th, while the Greyhounds are ranked 448th).
Era has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-15 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.0 points per game. As for Slidell, the victory was the 12th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 24-7.
Era will face off against Muenster at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Slidell, they and Tioga will meet in a dog eat dog contest at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Slidell knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 12 contests -- so hopefully Tioga likes a good challenge.
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