Luling is 1-8 against Poth since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Luling Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the Poth Pirates at 6:15 p.m.
Luling is headed into Tuesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their ninth straight game on Friday. They took a 63-48 bruising from Nixon-Smiley.
Meanwhile, Poth entered their tilt with Stockdale on Friday with ten consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 11. They slipped by the Brahmas 29-28. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 397th, while the Brahmas are ranked 880th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Poth's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 23-8. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 23.8 points per game. As for Luling, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-25.
Luling might still be hurting after the 43-17 loss they got from Poth in their previous meeting back in January. Can Luling avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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