The Poteet Pirates will face off against the Samuell Spartans at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Samuell took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Poteet, who comes in off a win.
Poteet is headed into the match having just posted their closest win since November 14th on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Frisco, sneaking past 46-43.
Meanwhile, Samuell was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 19th straight defeat dating back to last season. They had to suffer through a 78-42 loss at the hands of Pinkston. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1304th, while the Vikings are ranked 527th).
Poteet's victory bumped their record up to 8-11. As for Samuell, their loss dropped their record down to 0-18.
Poteet beat Samuell 60-53 when the teams last played back in February. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Samuell's Rammy Suliman, who went 8 for 12 on his way to 21 points and four steals. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Poteet still be able to contain Suliman? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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