Texas City played a tough game on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against the La Porte Bulldogs, falling 67-41. While losing is never fun, the Stingarees can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1260th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 229th).
Texas City lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Zhyria Evans, who posted ten points.
Texas City has been struggling recently as they've lost 11 of their last 12 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-19 record this season. As for La Porte, their victory was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 23-9.
Texas City has already played their next contest (against Friendswood), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. La Porte will host Ball at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Ball is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.4 points per game this season.
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