A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Lufkin Panthers face off against the Texas Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday... Texas took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Lufkin, who comes in off a win.
Last Tuesday, Lufkin beat Hallsville 46-33. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 417th, while the Bobcats are ranked 1105th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Texas was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 63-50 hit to the loss column at the hands of Jacksonville.
Lufkin is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-7 record this season. As for Texas, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.
Lufkin didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Texas in their previous meeting back in February of 2020, but they still walked away with a 53-48 victory. Does Lufkin have another victory up their sleeve, or will Texas turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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