The White House-Heritage Patriots waltzed into their match on Saturday with two straight wins but they left with three. They blew past Monterey 63-40. Given White House-Heritage's advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 180th, while Monterey is ranked 410th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
White House-Heritage found their leader in underclassman Avery Coles, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 16 rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which Coles has scored at least a third of White House-Heritage's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aric Lopez, who scored ten points along with five assists and two steals.
When it comes to explaining why Monterey lost, one person who can't be blamed is Mekkiah Henry. Despite the final result, he scored 12 points along with two steals. Gustavo Galindez was another key contributor, scoring nine points along with eight rebounds.
Monterey struggled to work together and finished the game with only four assists. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as White House-Heritage racked up 19 assists.
White House-Heritage has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-10 record this season. As for Monterey, their defeat was their tenth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-30.
White House-Heritage will face off against Liberty Creek at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully White House-Heritage focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up ten on Saturday. Monterey does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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