The Deer Park Deer won against the South Houston Trojans last Wednesday with 64 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Saturday. Deer Park took their matchup on the road with ease, bagging a 64-34 victory over South Houston. With Deer Park ahead 38-18 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Deer Park got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Emily Ripley out in front who scored 16 points along with five rebounds and two steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Ripley has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jay Gonzalez, who scored 14 points along with five rebounds.
Deer Park pushed their record up to 13-13 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.3 points per game. As for South Houston, they are on a nine-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-17.
Deer Park will head out on the road to square off against Dobie at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Dobie will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 957th, while Deer Park is ranked 445th). As for South Houston, their homestand continues as they prepare to take on Pasadena at 7:00 p.m. on January 17th. Hopefully Pasadena focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 25 on Saturday.
