The Waltrip Rams will face off against the Worthing Colts at 1:00 p.m. on Friday. Waltrip knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past ten games -- so hopefully Worthing likes a good challenge.
On Monday, Waltrip came up short against Fort Bend Christian Academy and fell 78-65. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (55), the Rams still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Worthing had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They walked away with a 76-64 victory over Varsity Opponent.
Worthing's win came from a few key players Waltrip will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Courtland Sloan, who dropped a double-double on 27 points and 11 boards. The contest was his 11th in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Boston Greenwood, who posted 20 points.
Worthing has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 74.7 points per game. As for Waltrip, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-7.
Waltrip came up short against Worthing in their previous matchup back in November of 2019, falling 67-58. Can Waltrip avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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