There's no place like home for Southwest, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Saturday. Everything went their way against the Diamond Hill-Jarvis Eagles on Friday as the Southwest Raiders made off with a 56-31 victory. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 317th, while the Eagles are ranked 1030th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Despite the loss, Diamond Hill-Jarvis still got an impressive performance from Anthony Elizondo, who posted 14 points. That was a full 45.2% of Diamond Hill-Jarvis' points, marking the 13th time in a row he's had more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Edwin Ramos, who earned no points and four steals.
Southwest has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-9 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.2 points per game. As for Diamond Hill-Jarvis, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-14 record this season.
Coincidentally, Southwest and Diamond Hill-Jarvis will both be playing Western Hills the next time they take the court. Diamond Hill-Jarvis will host Western Hills at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, while Southwest will head out to face them at 7:30 p.m. on January 10th.
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