The Axtell Longhorns will square off against the Mart Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Axtell will be strutting in after a win while Mart will be coming in after a loss.
Axtell is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their match on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 60-23 victory over Chilton. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Meanwhile, Mart took a blow against Marlin on Friday, falling 59-29. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1205th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 543rd).
Mart dropped their record down to 3-5 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Axtell, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.
Axtell won a contest that couldn't have been any closer when the teams last played back in January of 2024, slipping by Mart 48-47. Will Axtell repeat their success, or does Mart have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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