Frisco Memorial (27-3, 16-0 District 9-5A) keeps on winning as the regular season comes to a close.
Memorial has won 20 games in a row, and broke the Frisco ISD win streak record on Monday night against Frisco. It beat Frisco Independence on Tuesday night, and owns the third-longest win streak in the state behind Plano and Austin Westlake.
Junior Drew Steffe, a four-star Texas Tech pledge, scored 21 points in Tuesday’s win. Senior Mason Wujek added 18, and classmate Avery Jackson scored 17. Memorial rose one spot in this week’s area 5A/others rankings to No. 3.
“They believe, they trust, they love each other,” Memorial coach Quinton Gibson said. “They bought in to what we’re trying to do, and that’s a little bit of maturity right there as well.”
Memorial has two games left in the regular season: Frisco Liberty (Friday) and Frisco Heritage (2/14).
Welcome to the top 10, Highland Park: Winners of 10 straight and the first-place team in District 13-5A, Highland Park (20-4, 10-1 District 13-5A) joined the area 5A/others rankings for the first time this season at No. 10.
The Scots have a slight edge over Forney (24-8, 10-2 District 13-5A) in the district standings, and beat the second-place team 75-47 in late January.
Highland Park has two regular season games remaining with a district crown in sight: Greenville (Friday) and Royse City (2/15).
All is chalk in 6A — for now: There wasn’t any movement in this week’s area 6A rankings, though several big games on Friday could impact next week’s standings.
No. 3 Denton Guyer (29-3) and No. 6 McKinney (27-5) will play a rematch of their January district game in which Guyer held on for a 83-81 win.
Top-ranked Richardson (28-1) and No. 4 Lake Highlands (29-3) will meet again on Friday as well. Their first showdown in January proved to be one of the area’s most entertaining regular season games as Lake Highlands five-star sophomore Tre Johnson put on a show with 37 points, and nearly led his team to an upset win over nationally-ranked Richardson.
Class 6A
Rk. Team, Record
1. Richardson, 28-1 (Last week: 1)
2. Duncanville, 26-1 (LW: 2)
3. Denton Guyer, 29-3 (LW: 3)
4. Lake Highlands, 29-3 (LW: 4)
5. Plano, 30-0 (LW: 5)
6. McKinney, 28-4 (LW: 6)
7. Garland, 18-1 (LW: 7)
8. Arlington Martin, 22-7 (LW: 8)
9. North Crowley, 25-6 (LW: 9)
10. South Grand Prairie, 22-8 (LW: 10)
Dropped out: None
Class 5A/others
Rk. Team, Record
1. Mansfield Timberview, 28-4 (LW: 1)
2. Kimball, 22-8 (LW: 2)
3. Frisco Memorial, 27-3 (LW: 4)
4. Faith Family, 27-4 (LW: 3)
5. Mansfield Summit, 25-5 (LW: 5)
6. John Paul II, 26-7 (LW: 6)
7. Lancaster, 22-9 (LW: 7)
8. The Greenhill School, 21-8 (LW: 8)
9. Lovejoy, 29-3 (LW: 10)
10. Highland Park, 20-4 (LW: Unranked)
Dropped out: Mansfield Legacy
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