It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Melissa Cardinals can now relate to. They were just a bucket shy of victory on Friday and fell 47-46 to the Lobos. While losing is never fun, Melissa can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 262nd, while Longview is ranked 74th).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Longview to victory, but perhaps none more so than Chris Head, who scored 13 points along with two steals. Head is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last four games he's played. Da'Morrion Williams was another key contributor, scoring 11 points.
Melissa's loss dropped their record down to 17-16. As for Longview, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 31-4.
Melissa does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Longview will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Crandall at 7:00 p.m. on February 27th. Crandall will roll in looking for their sixth straight win, something Longview surely won't give up without a fight.
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