Longview suffered their biggest defeat since November 23rd on Friday. They lost 74-54 to the Tyler Legacy Raiders. While losing is never fun, the Lobos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 594th, while the Raiders are ranked 269th).
| 12/20/24 @ Tyler Legacy | 9 |
| 12/17/24 vs Forney | 9 |
| 12/12/24 vs Marshall Christian Academy | 9 |
Loss or not, Longview got some senior leadership from Elijah Lloyd and Demarion Williams. Lloyd went 7 of 13 on his way to 16 points, while Williams almost dropped a double-double on 15 points and nine rebounds. Williams is crushing it when it comes to boards: he's pulled down at least nine every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jeffery Smith, who posted nine points.
Tyler Legacy had a senior duo take command as Ja'Corian Oes dropped a double-double on 19 points and 15 rebounds and Jayden Jones went 8 of 16 on his way to 18 points and six steals. The dominant performance gave Jones a new career-high in steals. Zyere Ceasar was another key player, going 5 of 11 on his way to 11 points.
This is the second loss in a row for Longview and nudges their season record down to 7-7. As for Tyler Legacy, the win got them back to even at 10-10.
Longview will take on Kemp in a tournament on December 28th. As for Tyler Legacy, they will be taking part in a tournament against Corsicana at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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