Basketball Preview: Waco Lions vs. Temple Wildcats
After five games on the road, Waco is heading back home. A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Waco Lions face off against the Temple Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.. Hopefully Waco focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 11 on Friday.
Waco will head into Friday's game out to bounce back: they lost a heartbreaker on Friday after a huge 56-point win in their prior game. They fell just short of Weiss by a score of 58-55. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Lions have suffered since January 30th.
Waco's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Ka?Mauri Jones, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 17 rebounds, and Aaziyah Degrate, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten rebounds. With that strong performance, Jones is now averaging an impressive 16.3 points per game.
Even though they lost, Waco smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Temple was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Tuesday as they fell 44-39 to Robinson.
Waco's record is now 3-3. As for Temple, they dropped their record down to 3-4 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Waco came up short against Temple in their previous meeting back in February of 2020, falling 70-62. Can Waco avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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