The Colleyville Heritage Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Richland Royals at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Colleyville Heritage has three straight victories, Richland has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Tuesday, Colleyville Heritage escaped with a win against Argyle by the margin of a single free throw, 42-41.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Colleyville Heritage to victory, but perhaps none more so than Tim Finau, who scored 14 points along with seven rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Camden Coburn, who scored ten points along with two steals.
Richland suffered their biggest defeat since December 9, 2023 on Tuesday. Their rough 63-42 loss to Lake Dallas might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Richland can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 816th, while Lake Dallas is ranked 220th).
Colleyville Heritage is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. As for Richland, they dropped their record down to 4-19 with that defeat, which was their eighth straight at home.
Colleyville Heritage took their win against Richland in their previous meeting on January 2nd by a conclusive 53-32. The rematch might be a little tougher for Colleyville Heritage since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
