The Needville Bluejays entered their tilt with the Royal Falcons with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. Needville snuck past Royal with a 65-59 win on Friday. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Needville was led to victory by Caden Slater and Bohdan Zeitz. Slater scored 15 points along with eight assists and three steals, while Zeitz scored 23 points along with seven rebounds and two steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Slater has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Keilan Sweeny, who scored nine points along with three steals.
Needville's victory was their tenth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-5. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.9 points per game. As for Royal, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-8.
Needville has the luxury of staying home another game and will welcome Sweeny at 7:00 p.m. on February 20th. Sweeny will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 898th, while Needville is ranked 323rd). Royal does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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