A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Klein Oak Panthers take on the Klein Collins Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday... Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Klein Oak sitting on four straight wins and Klein Collins on five.
Last Tuesday, Klein Oak was able to grind out a solid victory over Klein Forest, taking the game 61-48. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 218th, while the Eagles are ranked 614th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Klein typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Klein Collins proved too difficult a challenge. They managed a 44-38 win over the Bearkats.
Klein Oak pushed their record up to 18-11 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.6 points per game. As for Klein Collins, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season.
Klein Oak beat Klein Collins 51-43 in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for Klein Oak since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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