Klein Forest and Tomball Memorial are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2014, but not for long. The Klein Forest Eagles will head out on the road to face off against the Tomball Memorial Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Klein Forest is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Klein Oak just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 48-35 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Panthers. The match marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Tomball Memorial had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They skirted past the Hurricanes 59-56. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 323rd, while the Hurricanes are ranked 885th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Tomball Memorial has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-12 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.1 points per game. As for Klein Forest, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-11.
Klein Forest came up short against Tomball Memorial when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 57-44. Can Klein Forest avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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