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DFW Girls Hoops: Regional Semis [Updated]
Feb 26, 2021
[UPDATED: 6:05 a.m. Saturday, February 27]
We're now nearing the finish line in the Texas high school basketball season. The girls playoffs are into the fourth round with three more rounds after that.
There were a number of great games played in the Regional Quarterfinals and as team move on, the games just get that much better.
Here are the matchups in the Regional Semifinals featuring teams from our area.
<h3>6A</h3><p><strong>Region I</strong></p><p>W4 Keller (24-6) vs. W8 South Grand Prairie (23-2) - 7:30 p.m. Saturday @ Coppell HS (Coppell)<br>R4 Southlake Carroll (23-6) vs. W6 Plano East (20-3) - 6:30 p.m. Saturday @ Loos Field House (Dallas)<br></p><p><strong>Region II</strong></p><p>W11 DeSoto 74, W16 Langham Creek 41<br>R11 Duncanville (27-2) vs. Klein Oak (17-9) - 4 p.m. Saturday @ Childress HS (Childress)<br></p><h3>5A</h3><p><strong>Region </strong>I</p><p>W4 Lubbock Cooper 59, W8 Mansfield Legacy 54<br></p><p><strong>Region II</strong></p><p>T9 Frisco Liberty 49, R13 North Forney 30<br>W10 Wylie East 65, W14 Red Oak 60 (OT)<br></p><p><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-9787720712654893" data-ad-slot="8738871937" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
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</script></p><h3>4A</h3><p><strong>Region II</strong></p><p>W11 Midlothian Heritage (23-5) vs. W15 Gilmer (24-2) - 5:30 p.m. Saturday @ Wills Point HS (Wills Point)<br>R12 Dallas Pinkston (25-5) vs. W14 Brownsboro (26-1) - 7:30 p.m. Saturday @ Forney<br></p><h3>3A</h3><p><strong>Region II</strong></p><p>W10 Ponder (27-3) vs. W13 Winnsboro (29-2) - 4 p.m. Saturday at Prosper HS (Prosper)</p>
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3 Interesting DFW Hoops Storylines That Remain
Feb 25, 2021
As the playoffs roll right along, it's always interesting to see how things unfold. As the case with most sports, matchups are key. Simply put, you cannot look at a record and decide that team has the decided advantage over the other.
With the conclusion of Wednesday night's games, there are a number of interesting situations unfolding. We'll take a look at three of them here ahead of Thursday night's action, which could completely render this article moot by the end of the night.
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Here we go.
<h3>Frisco Liberty Won't Quit</h3><p>After winning it all in 2019-20, Frisco Liberty has received the best from each of its opponents this year. Frisco Liberty climbed the mountain for the first time in its program's history after falling in the state finals the year before and in 2015-16.</p><p>Despite a solid 13-4 record in 9-5A play, the defending 5A state champs only got to third in the district standings, a half-game better than Frisco Centennial.</p><p><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-9787720712654893" data-ad-slot="8738871937" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
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</script></p><p>Still, Frisco Liberty has shown its championship mettle as it one of two schools in classes 6A-3A to be a third-place team in the Regional Semifinals round and is the only 9-5A team remaining after beating district mate Frisco Memorial in the <a href="https://www.vype.com/dfw-girls-hoops-regional-quarters">Regional Quarterfinals as well as Frisco Lone Star falling to Wylie East</a>.</p><h3>SGPs Flying High</h3><p>Year-in and year-out the Duncanvilles, DeSotos and Mansfield Timberviews - both boys and girls teams - make great runs through the playoffs. This little corner of the internet is directed at the great seasons both South Grand Prairie teams are having this year.</p><p>First off, the girls squad is in the Regional Quarterfinals for the first time since 2018-19 after it took down state power Plano. The team has rattled off 18 straight wins since it suffered a 61-37 setback to begin the month of December - three whole months without a loss.</p><p><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-9787720712654893" data-ad-slot="8738871937" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
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</script></p><p>Not to be outdone, the boys team remains the only undefeated team in the state after it <a href="https://www.vype.com/dfw-boys-hoops-area-round">advanced to the Regional Quarterfinals with a big win over Denton Braswell</a>. The win sets up a highly-anticipated matchup between state-ranked teams in #3 Richardson (23-1) and #4 South Grand Prairie (21-0).</p><p>Between the two squads, SGP basketball is 44-2 this season.</p><h3>3's Company<br></h3><p>One of my favorite things to see is to how well a collective district does once it gets into the playoffs. Some are generally stronger than others, but as it usually goes in the playoffs, not all district mates can advance - somebody's gotta lose.</p><p>In the boys space, there are two districts in 5A that have three squads remaining that have advanced to the Regional Quarterfinals.</p><p>In 8-5A, Mansfield Timberview, Mansfield Legacy and Mansfield Summit all moved on at the expense of the 6-5A teams. In 12-5A, Lancaster, Dallas South Oak Cliff and Dallas Kimball all took out the 9-5A teams.</p><p><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-9787720712654893" data-ad-slot="8738871937" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
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</script></p><p>On the horizon for whatever shakes out on Thursday, 11-6A could have the same thing if Waxahachie beats Rockwall and Mansfield downs Garland.</p><p>As an aside, if Mansfield does win, all four Mansfield ISD schools would still be in the playoffs, and that's a pretty rare feat, especially three rounds deep across two classifications.<br></p>
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