The Rockwall-Heath Hawks will head out to face off against the Wylie Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Rockwall-Heath will head out to face Wylie after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Rockwall-Heath fell to Tyler Legacy 59-55. While the Hawks didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Raiders 19-15 in the first quarter.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Hadrian Reitsma, who went 6-for-10 en route to 13 points. Christian Cranford was another key player, putting up 16 points and five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Wylie had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.4 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They came within six points of losing the streak, but they secured a 73-67 W against the Mustangs. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 157th, while the Mustangs are ranked 338th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Wylie's victory was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 22-11. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.4 points over those games. As for Rockwall-Heath, their loss dropped their record down to 23-9.
Everything went Rockwall-Heath's way against Wylie in their previous matchup back in November of 2024, as Rockwall-Heath made off with a 66-41 win. In that matchup, Rockwall-Heath amassed a halftime lead of 40-10, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Monday.
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