Independence is 1-9 against Memorial since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Independence Knights will head out on the road to square off against the Memorial Warriors at 7:15 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
On Tuesday, Independence needed a bit of extra time to put away Emerson. They walked away with a 76-69 victory over the Mavericks. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Knights were the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, Memorial lost a heartbreaker to Heritage when they met back in February of 2024, and they left with a heavy heart again on Tuesday. Memorial was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 63-62 to Heritage. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 60th, while the Coyotes are ranked 20th).
Independence has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-13 record this season. As for Memorial, they moved to 17-8 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak.
Independence couldn't quite finish off Memorial when the teams last played back in December of 2024 and fell 55-52. Can Independence avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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