The Grapevine Mustangs will be taking part in a tournament against the Haltom Buffalos at 1:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Grapevine sitting on three straight victories and Haltom on five.
If Grapevine beats Haltom with 51 points on Monday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. The Mustangs took down Lake Dallas 51-32 on Monday. The Mustangs pushed the score to 40-20 by the end of the third, a deficit the Falcons cut but never quite recovered from.
While Haltom didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-19), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They breezed past Arlington to the tune of 73-32 on Friday. The Buffalos have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five games by 21 points or more this season.
Haltom's win bumped their record up to 10-3. As for Grapevine, their victory bumped their record up to 11-7.
Grapevine was able to grind out a solid win over Haltom in their previous meeting back in November of 2022, winning 75-66. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was the Buffalos' Kuol Atak, who almost dropped a double-double with 32 points and nine boards. Now that he won't be playing on Monday, will it be easier for the Mustangs to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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