McKinney is 2-8 against Plano East since January of 2019 but they’ll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Lions will take on the Panthers at 5:30 p.m.
On Tuesday, McKinney was within striking distance but couldn’t close the gap as they fell 52-48 to McKinney Boyd. While losing is never fun, the Lions can’t take it too hard given the team’s big disadvantage in MaxPreps’ Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 497th, while the Broncos are ranked 171st).
Meanwhile, Plano East had already won 11 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.7 points) and they went ahead and made it 12 on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 60-50.
Plano East’s victory bumped their record up to 26-7. As for McKinney, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-18.
McKinney lost to Plano East on the road by a decisive 67-53 margin when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Panthers’ Arianna Robinson, who shot 65% from the field to rack up 40 points in addition to seven rebounds and five steals. Now that the Lions know the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There’s only one way to find out.
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