The Bullard Knights will venture away from home to square off against the McLane Highlanders at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Bullard has four straight wins, McLane has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Bullard can't be too worried about heading out to take on McLane: they just beat Sunnyside at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. The Knights put the hurt on the Wildcats with a sharp 3-0 victory on Tuesday.
The final score came out to 25-17, 25-21, 25-19.
Meanwhile, McLane suffered their biggest loss since May 7, 2024 on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to Sanger. Considering the last time the Highlanders couldn't score was back in March, the team can't take the result too hard.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-11, 25-15.
Bullard pushed their record up to 27-7 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road. As for McLane, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 8-10.
Bullard was able to grind out a solid victory over McLane in their previous meeting back in March, winning 2-0. Will the Knights repeat their success, or do the Highlanders have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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