Texans defeat Navarro Panthers, 63-52
On Tuesday night The Wimberley Texans (13-9) took on the Navarro Panthers (7-13) in Wimberley in a district matchup game. The Texans had no problem with the Panthers winning 63-52 giving the Texans their 14th win on the season and holding them in that 4th place spot in district.
Early on in the game the Texans jumped out go a good start going up 16-7 in the first quarter however all of that would be washed away in the second as the Panthers made an impressive 9-0 run to start the quarter to tie it up and then the rest of the quarter was both teams trading basket for basket as at halftime the score was tied up 27-27. In the third Wimberley was able to battle off the Panthers and retake their nine point lead to give themselves a cushion going into the last eight minutes of basketball. In the fourth quarter WImberley held off the Panthers, preventing them from going on any major runs to reclaim the lead and defended home court, winning the game with a final score of 6352.
Paul Gumbert led the Texans with 19 points and 6 assists with Gavin Olmer backing him up with a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds as him and Micah Birdsong did a great job getting rebounds with Birdsong having 13.
On Friday night the Texans (14-9) went on the road to take on Canyon Lake (13-14) for the first Battle of the Backbone match in another district play match. The Texans were unable to pull out a win on the road losing a heartbreaking game 47-46.
“These games are a great learning experience for our young guys,” Head Coach Mike Whitten said. “We’re gonna be in other games like that and I know we can learn and take something from this the next time we are in this situation” What started off as a very low scoring game turned into a shootout as the Texans were down 16-11 going into the third quarter. In the third quarter the Texans started getting good looks and taking advantage of them. As their three point shots started falling they cut into the lead tying it up early in the third at 19 a piece and then eventually taking the lead later on in the third giving themselves a 40-32 lead going into the 4th quarter lead as both teams started heating up as they doubled their first half points. In the 4th the Texans struggled offensively again as they were only able to add 6 points in the fourth which was not enough to hold off Canyon Lake as they scored 15 in the fourth quarter to take the game 47-46 in a one point barnburner.
The Wimberley Texans (14-10) will take on the Fredericksburg Billies (13-12) in Fredericksburg Tuesday night at 6:30 in what will start the last week of the first round district play matchups.