Buna has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Kountze Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Buna will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 475th, while Kountze is ranked 203rd).
Buna put the finishing touches on their 14th blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. They blew past Anahuac, posting a 61-32 victory on the road. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory Buna has posted against Anahuac since January 12, 2021.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Buna to victory, but perhaps none more so than Brynn Branch, who scored 23 points along with four steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Branch has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaiden Epps, who scored eight points along with 11 rebounds and two steals.
Meanwhile, Kountze unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Wednesday. They took a 47-32 bruising from Orangefield.
Buna has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-8 record this season. As for Kountze, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 20-4.
Buna was taken down by Kountze 73-41 in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. Will Buna have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get analysis of the match and other basketball content.
