The Sealy Tigers and the Giddings Buffaloes will round out the year against one another at at 10:15 a.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sealy has six straight wins, Giddings has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Sealy will bounce into Friday's match after beating Royal, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Sealy narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Royal 60-57. While the Tigers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 11-19), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
It was another big night for Noah Washington, who posted 28 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Sealy's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Hale Demaree, who earned 11 points.
Meanwhile, Giddings was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap last Friday as they fell 64-58 to Lexington.
Giddings' loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Sealy, their win bumped their record up to 6-2.
Sealy and Giddings were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, but Sealy came up empty-handed after a 42-41 defeat. Can Sealy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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