The Shepherd Pirates are taking a road trip to face off against the Hamshire-Fannett Longhorns at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Shepherd is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.7 points per game this season.
Shepherd fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against Tarkington on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 63-59 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Longhorns. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 539th, while the Longhorns are ranked 236th).
| 12/17/24 vs Tarkington | 24 |
| 12/14/24 vs Episcopal | 19 |
| 12/13/24 vs Splendora | 19 |
| 12/12/24 vs Santa Fe | 19 |
| 12/12/24 vs Coldspring-Oakhurst | 24 |
| 12/10/24 vs New Waverly | 19 |
Despite the loss, Shepherd got top-tier performance from Brayden White, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 21 boards. White's evening made it six games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Braydon Mettlen, who posted ten points in addition to six rebounds and three blocks.
Even though they lost, Shepherd smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 20 offensive boards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their offensive rebound total in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Hamshire-Fannett posted their biggest win since December 5th on Tuesday. They blew past Hardin-Jefferson 77-49.
Shepherd's defeat dropped their record down to 11-7. As for Hamshire-Fannett, their victory bumped their record up to 8-10.
Shepherd was dealt a bruising 117-42 loss at the hands of Hamshire-Fannett when the teams last played back in February of 2022. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Shepherd was down 58-31.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
