The Prairiland Patriots are taking a road trip to take on the Lone Oak Buffaloes at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Prairiland is coming into the game on a five-game losing streak.
Prairiland will face Lone Oak after dropping another heartbreaker against Chisum on Friday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 3.1 of beating them. Prairiland opened the new year with a less-than-successful 55-42 loss to Chisum.
Meanwhile, Lone Oak posted their biggest win since January 5, 2024 on Friday. They couldn't have asked for a better start to 2025 than the 65-37 blowout they got against Mount Vernon. Given the Buffaloes' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 774th, while the Tigers are ranked 1585th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The victory made it two in a row for Lone Oak and bumps their season record up to 13-11. As for Prairiland, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-12.
Prairiland lost to Lone Oak on the road by a decisive 61-42 margin when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Can Prairiland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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