The Chisholm Trail Rangers will face off against the Granbury Pirates at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Chisholm Trail's favor as the squad sits on three straight wins at home while Granbury has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road.
Last Tuesday, Chisholm Trail beat Saginaw 63-56. Given the Rangers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 138th, while the Rough Riders are ranked 672nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Chisholm Trail can attribute much of their success to Jesse Mutombo, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten rebounds, and Kaden Richardson, who went 8 of 18 on his way to 23 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Richardson has scored at least a third of Chisholm Trail's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jordan Riley, who posted four points and three steals.
Meanwhile, Granbury was just a bucket shy of victory on Tuesday and fell 54-53 to Aledo.
Chisholm Trail is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.1 points per game. As for Granbury, their loss dropped their record down to 11-15.
Chisholm Trail didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Granbury in their previous meeting back in December of 2015, but they still walked away with a 45-39 victory. Will Chisholm Trail repeat their success, or does Granbury have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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