Basketball Recap: Goliad Comes Up Short

Goliad and Columbus squared off in some playoff action on Tuesday, but Goliad had to settle for second. They took a 72-63 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Columbus Cardinals. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1154th, while the Cardinals are ranked 505th).

Grayson Rigdon was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double with 50 points and 13 rebounds for Columbus. That makes it five consecutive games in which Rigdon has scored at least a third of Columbus' points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brody Tribe, who dropped a double-double with 11 points and ten boards.

Goliad's loss dropped their record down to 15-15. As for Columbus, the win was the tenth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 13-2.

Goliad does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Columbus, they will take on Randolph at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Columbus knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 15 matchups -- so hopefully Randolph likes a good challenge.