It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Nimitz can now relate to. They lost to the Cedar Hill Longhorns on the road by a 68-54 margin on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 270th, while the Longhorns are ranked 17th).

Aniah Richard
02/17/25 vs Cedar Hill | 11 |
01/25/25 vs Benjamin Davis | 10 |
02/02/24 vs Spring | 9 |
11/01/24 vs Porter | 8 |
12/15/23 vs Benjamin Davis | 8 |
Several Cougars players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Aniah Richard, who dropped a double-double with 18 points and 11 assists. The dominant performance gave Richard a new career-high in assists. Another player making a difference was Tatiyana Cole, who dropped a double-double with ten points and 12 boards.
Nimitz's loss dropped their record down to 26-9. As for Cedar Hill, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 27-8.
Nimitz does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Cedar Hill, they will host Duncanville at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Cedar Hill's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three games.
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