Saginaw lost against Chisholm Trail back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Saginaw Rough Riders lost 71-51 to the Chisholm Trail Rangers. While losing is never fun, the Rough Riders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 572nd, while the Rangers are ranked 119th).
Brian Armes
| 01/31/25 @ Chisholm Trail | 11 |
| 01/07/25 vs Chisholm Trail | 6 |
| 12/20/24 @ Azle | 5 |
| 12/28/24 vs Lake Dallas | 4 |
| 12/17/24 vs Mesquite | 3 |
Saginaw lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Brian Armes, who posted 11 points. Those 11 points gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Willie McCrary, who scored ten points.
Leading Chisholm Trail to victory were Kaden Richardson and Jesse Mutombo. Richardson went 11 for 18 to rack up 33 points and three steals, while Mutombo went 9 of 11 on his way to 20 points in addition to seven assists and seven rebounds. Richardson has become a key player for Chisholm Trail: the team is 17-5 when he posts at least 15 points, but 2-3 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Jalen Thomas, who had nine points.
Saginaw has traveled a rocky road recently having lost ten of their last 13 matches, which has put a noticeable dent in their 11-20 record this season. As for Chisholm Trail, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 19-8.
Saginaw wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 51-49 loss against Fossil Ridge on the 4th. As for Chisholm Trail, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 55-44 victory against Granbury on the 4th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
