Longview hasn't had much luck against Tyler Legacy recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Longview Lobos will be home for the holidays to greet the Tyler Legacy Raiders at 5:00 p.m. Longview is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.1 points per game this season.
Last Tuesday, Longview got the win against Forney by a conclusive 58-35. The Lobos have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine contests by 22 points or more this season.
Longview can attribute much of their success to Jailiyah Rockmore, who went 5 of 11 on her way to 16 points and eight rebounds, and Bethany Baltes, who went 5 of 12 on her way to 13 points and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Maya Ward, who posted three points and four steals.
Longview smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in nine consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Tyler Legacy had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They took down the Bulldogs 41-27. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 48th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 411th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Tyler Legacy is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-2 record this season. As for Longview, they pushed their record up to 13-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Longview was dealt a bruising 47-18 defeat at the hands of Tyler Legacy when the teams last played back in December of 2020. Can Longview avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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