Basketball Recap: Maypearl Beats Rice for Their Seventh Straight Victory
By Team Reports
Dec 18, 2024, 7:13pm
Basketball Recap: Maypearl Panthers vs. Rice Bulldogs
12/13/24 vs Rice | 55-11 |
12/10/24 @ Scurry-Rosser | 41-29 |
12/07/24 vs Lake Worth | 48-34 |
12/06/24 vs Venus | 39-35 |
12/05/24 vs Castleberry | 43-11 |
+ 2 more games |
Maypearl waltzed into their contest on Friday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They blew past the Rice Bulldogs 55-11. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 363rd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 1387th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Maypearl pushed their record up to 13-5 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.2 points per game. As for Rice, they are on an eight-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7.
Maypearl has already played their next matchup, a 56-43 victory against Palmer on the 17th. As for Rice, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 50-33 loss against Blooming Grove on the 17th.
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