Turner is 0-10 against The Colony since January of 2017 but things could change on Friday. A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Turner Lions challenge the The Colony Cougars at 7:15 p.m.
Turner is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 11th straight game on Tuesday. They had to suffer through a 72-29 loss at the hands of Wakeland. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 874th, while the Wolverines are ranked 176th).
Turner's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Matthew Stone, who posted eight points and five rebounds, and Sahil Anand, who earned five points.
Meanwhile, The Colony had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.7 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Tuesday. They blew past the Rangers 83-45. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Cougars had established a 26 point advantage.
The Colony is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-10 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.7 points per game. As for Turner, their loss dropped their record down to 12-15.
Turner was taken down by The Colony 71-40 when the teams last played back in January. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Turner was down 45-16.
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