The Lockney Longhorns will head out to take on the Whitharral Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Lockney is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Lockney's tournament run continued when they took on Whitharral on Saturday. Lockney was dealt a 79-34 defeat at the hands of Whitharral. While losing is never fun, the Longhorns can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1064th, while the Panthers are ranked 421st).
Whitharral found their leader in sophomore Paige Smith, who went 7 of 11 from beyond the arc on her way to 39 points and six rebounds. That makes it ten consecutive games in which Smith has scored at least a third of Whitharral's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Madi Chavez, who went 7 for 13 on her way to 16 points in addition to seven assists and three steals.
Whitharral was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive matchups.
Lockney's loss dropped their record down to 3-7. As for Whitharral, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-6.
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