The La Grange Leopards and the Gatesville Hornets will face off at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with La Grange sitting on five straight victories and Gatesville on three.
La Grange is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They snuck past Brownwood with an 83-77 win on Friday.
| 12/27/24 vs Brownwood | 15 |
| 12/26/24 vs Early | 17 |
| 12/20/24 vs Pettus | 23 |
| 12/17/24 vs Lexington | 15 |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead La Grange to victory, but perhaps none more so than Brandon Mathis, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 11 rebounds. Mathis' morning made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Cordale Knapik, who went 7 of 13 on his way to 21 points and seven rebounds.
La Grange smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive boards in 23 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Gatesville beat Gordon 52-46 on Friday.
La Grange's victory bumped their record up to 14-4. As for Gatesville, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season.
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