On Tuesday, the Center Roughriders ended up a good deal behind the Madisonville Mustangs and lost 68-53. While losing is never fun, the Roughriders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 903rd, while the Mustangs are ranked 397th).
Center has been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last eight matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-12 record this season. As for Madisonville, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 12-9.
Center will look to defend their home court on Friday against Bullard at 6:15 p.m. As for Madisonville, they will head out on the road to square off against Rusk at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Madisonville is facing Rusk at the right time seeing as Rusk is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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