The Marble Falls Mustangs are taking a road trip to take on the Jarrell Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Marble Falls knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matches -- so hopefully Jarrell likes a good challenge.
Marble Falls is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came out on top against Taylor by a score of 70-59 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Jarrell was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They were five points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 47-42 heartbreaker at the hands of Gateway College Preparatory. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1135th, while the Gators are ranked 470th).
Marble Falls has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 14-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.7 points per game. As for Jarrell, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-15.
Marble Falls couldn't quite finish off Jarrell in their previous meeting back in February of 2024 and fell 58-56. Can Marble Falls avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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