After flying high against Bryan last Friday, Shoemaker came back down to earth. The Shoemaker Wolves fell to the Temple Wildcats 57-51. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Wolves came into the contest with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 173rd, while the Wildcats are ranked 530th).
Shoemaker's loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-13. As for Temple, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-16 record this season.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Shoemaker has already played their next game (against Copperas Cove), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Temple will challenge Bryan at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Temple is facing Bryan at the right time seeing as Bryan is stuck on an eight-game losing streak.
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