A feisty cat fight will be fought as the Wildcats face off against the Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Last Tuesday, Rains ended up a good deal behind Lone Oak and lost 58-39. The loss continues a trend for the Wildcats in their matchups with the Buffaloes: they've now lost four in a row.
Meanwhile, Pottsboro came tearing into Tuesday's match with 11 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.6 points), and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Tigers by a score of 61-53. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 308th, while the Tigers are ranked 779th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pottsboro pushed their record up to 24-7 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.0 points over those games. As for Rains, their defeat dropped their record down to 21-8.
Rains was able to grind out a solid victory over Pottsboro in their previous matchup back in February of 2021, winning 67-57. Does Rains have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pottsboro turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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