Independence lost against Heritage back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Independence Knights fell 69-58 to the Heritage Coyotes. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 338th, while the Coyotes are ranked 17th).
Leading Heritage to victory were Cameron Lomax and Bryson Howard. Lomax went 7 of 12 en route to 18 points and three steals, while Howard dropped a double-double with 12 points and 15 boards. Lomax's evening made it 14 games in a row in which he has scored at least 16 points. Mikhail Patel was another key player, putting up nine points and six rebounds.
Independence now has a losing record at 16-17. As for Heritage, the win was the 12th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 28-4.
Independence does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Heritage, they will challenge Wakeland at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Heritage is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 70 points per game this season.
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