Lubbock is 0-5 against Amarillo since January of 2019 but things could change on Tuesday. The Lubbock Westerners will challenge the Amarillo Sandies at 7:30 p.m.
Lubbock is headed into Tuesday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their eighth straight game on Friday. They were outmatched by Monterey and fell 79-45. While losing is never fun, the Westerners can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 792nd, while the Plainsmen are ranked 370th).
Meanwhile, Amarillo had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18 points) and they went ahead and made it ten on Friday. They claimed a resounding 62-32 victory over the Longhorns. With the Sandies ahead 35-11 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Amarillo pushed their record up to 24-5 with the win, which was their 14th straight on the road dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.6 points per game. As for Lubbock, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-16.
Lubbock was dealt a bruising 60-23 loss at the hands of Amarillo in their previous matchup back in December of 2024. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Lubbock was down 25-5.
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