Two dominant guards in Canyon Collier and Kaden Richardson are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Fossil Ridge Panthers will host the Chisholm Trail Rangers at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
It was a proper cat-fight when Fossil Ridge took on Aledo on Friday. Fossil Ridge took a 53-47 hit to the loss column at the hands of Aledo. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 538th, while the Bearcats are ranked 93rd).
Meanwhile, after a string of eight wins, Chisholm Trail's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They took a 47-33 bruising from Aledo.
Despite the defeat, Chisholm Trail saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Jesse Mutombo dropped a double-double on 13 points and 12 boards. Chisholm Trail is 16-6 when Mutombo posts eight or more rebounds, but 1-2 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Omari Johnson, who posted seven points.
Chisholm Trail's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-8. As for Fossil Ridge, they dropped their record down to 12-16 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight on the road.
Fossil Ridge lost to Chisholm Trail at home by a decisive 49-34 margin in their previous meeting on January 3rd. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Richardson, who went 7 for 13 en route to 17 points in addition to five boards and three steals. Now that Fossil Ridge knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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