Basketball Game Preview: Richland Royals vs. Colleyville Heritage Panthers

Richland and Colleyville Heritage are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2018, but not for long. The Richland Royals will face off against the Colleyville Heritage Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Colleyville Heritage took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Richland, who comes in off a win.

Richland took a loss when they played away from home last Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They took down Grapevine 60-46.

Meanwhile, Colleyville Heritage came up short against Birdville on Tuesday and fell 72-60. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 270th, while the Hawks are ranked 26th).

The victory got Richland back to even at 12-12. As for Colleyville Heritage, they now have a losing record at 11-12.

Richland suffered a grim 54-31 defeat to Colleyville Heritage when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Can Richland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.