The Burleson Elks will venture away from home to face off against the Cooper Cougars at 1:30 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Burleson is headed into Friday's matchup hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight losses. They took a 43-34 hit to the loss column at the hands of Everman last Friday.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Cooper faced off against Colleyville Heritage on Monday. The Cougars were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 55-54 to the Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 504th, while the Panthers are ranked 96th).
Cooper's defeat dropped their record down to 8-8. As for Burleson, their loss dropped their record down to 16-5.
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