The Southlake Carroll Dragons entered their tilt with the East Central Hornets with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Southlake Carroll strolled past East Central with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 65-48. Given Southlake Carroll's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 33rd, while East Central is ranked 317th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
When it comes to explaining why East Central lost, one person who can't be blamed is Emery Espinoza. Despite the final result, she scored 16 points along with 7 assists and 6 rebounds. Espinoza scored a full 33.3% of East Central's points, the third time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Alesha Dillworth, who scored 12 points along with 5 rebounds.
Southlake Carroll's victory bumped their record up to 10-2. As for East Central, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-8.
Southlake Carroll will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Coppell at 9:00 a.m. on December 1st. Coppell will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak. As for East Central, they will take on Highlands at 12:30 p.m. on Friday. Highlands is coming into the matchup on a five-game losing streak.
