East Chambers has won five straight games at home, while Kountze has won five straight on the road dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The East Chambers Buccaneers will welcome the Kountze Lions at 7:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
On Saturday, East Chambers took their contest with ease, bagging an 82-39 win over Hardin. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 41-11.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Kountze faced off against Kirbyville on Friday. Kountze blew past Kirbyville 97-5. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 109th, while the Wildcats are ranked 1524th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
East Chambers is also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 25-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.6 points per game. As for Kountze, their victory bumped their record up to 29-2.
East Chambers might still be hurting after the 89-64 loss they got from Kountze in their previous meeting back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Kountze's Zac Sells, who posted 18 points along with eight assists and six steals. Now that East Chambers knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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