It was a good run, but Keller unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Thursday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 70-69 to the Plano East Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 176th, while the Panthers are ranked 12th).
12/26/24 vs Plano East | 20 |
12/05/24 @ Wilson | 7 |
12/17/24 vs Trinity | 6 |
12/06/24 vs Colleyville Heritage | 5 |
12/05/24 vs Amarillo | 5 |
Keller lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Maverick Mcneill, who went 6 of 8 on his way to 20 points. Those 20 points gave Mcneill a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Steven Ramirez, who posted 18 points and seven rebounds.
Keller now has a losing record at 9-10. As for Plano East, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 15-1.
Keller and Martin will face off at 5:00 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Keller has been dominant on offense recently, having racked up an incredible 219 points over their last three games. As for Plano East, they won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Argyle at 12:30 p.m. on Friday. Plano East knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past seven contests -- so hopefully Argyle likes a good challenge.
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