Basketball Game Preview: Westwood Longhorns vs. City University School of Liberal Arts

By Team Reports Jan 17, 2025, 3:54am

Basketball Preview: Westwood Longhorns vs. City University School of Liberal Arts

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02/03/23 - Away67-10 W
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Westwood is 10-0 against City University School of Liberal Arts since January of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Westwood Longhorns will host City University School of Liberal Arts at 6:00 p.m. Westwood's defense has only allowed 28.8 points per game this season, so City University School of Liberal Arts' offense will have their work cut out for them.

Westwood will head into Tuesday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Friday (they won by 75) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. Their defense stepped up to hand Memphis School of Excellence - Cordova a 2-0 shutout. The two-point effort marked the Longhorns' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Meanwhile, City University School of Liberal Arts lost 52-27 to Kingsbury on Wednesday. The defeat continues a trend for City University School of Liberal Arts in their matchups with Kingsbury: they've now lost four in a row.

Despite the loss, City University School of Liberal Arts saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Jayda Graham went 5 for 9 en route to 13 points. Brandiah Daniels was another key player, putting up six points in addition to seven rebounds and three steals.

Westwood has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 6-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.5 points per game. As for City University School of Liberal Arts, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-9.

Westwood strolled past City University School of Liberal Arts in their previous matchup back in January of 2024 by a score of 30-11. Will Westwood repeat their success, or does City University School of Liberal Arts have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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