The Kimball Knights will face off against the Lone Star Rangers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Kimball sitting on four straight wins and Lone Star on 22.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Kimball had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They snuck past the Wranglers with a 52-48 win.
Jaylon Dean-vines was his usual excellent self, scoring 19 points along with six rebounds and three steals. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Marri Wickware, who scored ten points along with five rebounds and four steals.
Meanwhile, Lone Star put the finishing touches on their 11th blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Emerson as Lone Star made off with a 83-58 victory. Given Lone Star's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 35th, while Emerson is ranked 198th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kimball is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 20-12 record this season. As for Lone Star, their victory bumped their record up to 30-3.
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