Basketball Recap: Wylie East Picks Up Sixth Consecutive Win

Raiders

Previous 6 Games

12/26/24 vs Lincoln	54-53
12/20/24 vs Rowlett	66-46
12/17/24 @ Naaman Forest	51-37
12/13/24 vs South Garland	67-50
12/10/24 @ Sachse	52-42
12/06/24 vs North Garland	73-71

Wylie East had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.6 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. They escaped with a win against the Lincoln Tigers by the margin of a single free throw, 54-53. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 277th, while the Tigers are ranked 597th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Wylie East has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 9-7 record this season. As for Lincoln, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-11.

Wylie East didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 66-56 defeat against Cedar Hill on the 26th. Both will round out the year against one another at at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.