The Shadow Creek Sharks will face off against the Fort Bend Hightower Hurricanes at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
Shadow Creek easily dispatched Pasadena Memorial last Wednesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Shadow Creek fell just short of Pearland by a score of 39-36 on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Sharks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 156th, while the Oilers are ranked 44th).
Meanwhile, Fort Bend Hightower had already won 17 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 35.1 points) and they went ahead and made it 18 on Tuesday. They claimed a resounding 78-15 win over the Knights. The Hurricanes have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 19 matches by 22 points or more this season.
Fort Bend Hightower is also on a roll lately: they've won 19 of their last 22 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 29-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.0 points per game. As for Shadow Creek, their defeat dropped their record down to 23-11.
Shadow Creek was dealt a bruising 65-29 loss at the hands of Fort Bend Hightower in their previous matchup back in November of 2024. Can Shadow Creek avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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