Basketball Recap: Fort Worth THESA Falls Despite Big Games from Micah Ragsdale and Jeremiah Krause

By Team Reports Mar 17, 2025, 6:17pm

Basketball Recap: Fort Worth THESA Riders vs. Fort Wayne HomeSchool Hawks

Fort Worth THESA's tournament run continued when they took on Fort Wayne HomeSchool on Wednesday. The Fort Worth THESA Riders fell just short of the Fort Wayne HomeSchool Hawks by a score of 76-74. That's two games in a row now that the Riders have lost by exactly two points.

Micah Ragsdale

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03/12/25 vs Fort Wayne HomeSchool15
03/11/25 vs Red River6
03/10/25 vs Tournament Opponent5
02/22/25 vs Parker-Tarrant HomeSchool8
02/21/25 vs Dallas HSAA9
+ 11 more games

Fort Worth THESA's loss came despite strong showings from Jeremiah Krause and Micah Ragsdale. Krause dropped a double-double with 19 points and 12 rebounds, while Ragsdale dropped a double-double with 21 points and 15 boards. That's the most boards Ragsdale has posted since back in January. Another player making a difference was Will Day, who earned 17 points and five rebounds.

Even though they lost, Fort Worth THESA smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive boards. This was only their sixth loss (out of 20 games) when they hit their own glass that hard.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Fort Wayne HomeSchool to victory, but perhaps none more so than Gavin Reynolds, who shot 45% from the field to rack up 38 points and eight assists. The matchup was Reynolds' eighth in a row with at least 16 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Trevon Maley, who dropped a double-double with 21 points and ten boards.

This is the second loss in a row for Fort Worth THESA and nudges their season record down to 25-20. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the defeats came by an average of only two points. As for Fort Wayne HomeSchool, their win bumped their record up to 25-14.

Fort Worth THESA has already played their next game, a 60-58 victory against Metro Academy on the 13th. As for Fort Wayne HomeSchool, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 54-45 loss against Harrisonburg HomeSchool on the 13th.

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