The White Longhorns will challenge the Red Oak Hawks at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with White sitting on ten straight victories and Red Oak on 12.
White is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 55-12 win over West Mesquite. The Longhorns have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 15 contests by 21 points or more this season.
Dany Diaz
| 01/13/25 vs Adamson | 14 |
| 01/28/25 vs Molina | 10 |
| 01/24/25 @ Jefferson | 9 |
| 01/31/25 vs Sunset | 8 |
| 01/14/25 vs Hillcrest | 8 |
| + 13 more games |
Dany Diaz continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 11-for-19 en route to 29 points and six steals. She is becoming a predictor of White's success: when she posts at least five steals the team is 12-2 (and 5-7 when she doesn't). Another player making a difference was Portia Danso, who posted ten points and eight boards.
Meanwhile, everything went Red Oak's way against Lake Belton on Tuesday as Red Oak made off with a 66-42 victory. The Hawks are also no stranger to big wins: their blowout was the 14th game they've won by 20+ points this season.
White better focus on containing Kierstyn Totten and Journee Hodges as the pair were huge in Red Oak's win. Totten went 10-for-17 to rack up 22 points and eight rebounds, while Hodges went 7-for-14 on her way to 19 points in addition to six boards and six steals. That's the most points Hodges has posted since back in December of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Kenedi Griffin, who earned 11 points along with five rebounds and five steals.
Red Oak was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
White pushed their record up to 17-9 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 17.0 points over those games. As for Red Oak, their record now sits at 21-11.
White didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Red Oak when the teams last played back in November of 2024, but they still walked away with a 60-56 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for White since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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