Austin lost against Westlake back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Austin Maroons had to suffer through a 76-47 loss at the hands of the Westlake Chaparrals. While losing is never fun, the Maroons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 239th, while the Chaparrals are ranked 41st).
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Several Maroons players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Foley Anderson, who posted 13 points. Anderson has been hot recently, having also posted two or more blocks the last four times she's played. Another player making a difference was Jillian Shirk, who scored ten points and three steals.
Even though they lost, Austin smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive boards they've posted since back in December of 2024.
Austin's defeat dropped their record down to 19-11. As for Westlake, the victory was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 23-7.
Austin will look to defend their home court on Friday against Akins at 7:00 p.m. Austin is facing Akins at the right time seeing as Akins is stuck on an eight-game losing streak. As for Westlake, they will head out on the road to face off against Bowie at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Bowie is on a six-game streak of home wins, Westlake a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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