Wakeland and Heritage squared off in some playoff action on Tuesday, but Wakeland had to settle for second. They were beaten by the Heritage Coyotes 87-57. While losing is never fun, the Wolverines can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 206th, while the Coyotes are ranked 15th).
Leading Heritage to victory were Cameron Lomax and Mikhail Patel. Lomax went 7-for-11 en route to 21 points and four steals, while Patel went 10-for-16 to rack up 22 points and six rebounds. Lomax's evening made it 15 games in a row in which he has scored at least 16 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Garrett Shelton, who posted ten points and seven assists.
This is the second loss in a row for Wakeland and nudges their season record down to 21-13. As for Heritage, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 29-4 record this season.
Wakeland does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Heritage, they will face off against Walnut Grove at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Walnut Grove sitting on seven straight victories and Heritage on 13.
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