Howard County basketball teams preparing for second half of season
Basketball season is in full swing and all six teams around Howard County will be heading into the second half of their schedules this week. Both Big Spring teams are putting together solid seasons so far and hovering above or around .500 in the overall record department. In Coahoma, the Bulldogettes are having a strong start to the year while the Bulldogs are struggling to put points on the board and have picked up only one win so far. Finally, in Forsan, the Lady Buffs are lighting the area on fire and are sitting at 10-2 heading into the next part of the schedule. In addition, the Buffaloes were just on a four-game winning streak and look like a consistently improving squad.
One common factor that each local team has faced so far this season is that the competition they have been playing is top-notch. Each team has played a school that is ranked near the top of the state standings, but each coach believes that will only help their team in the long run.
“The losses we have right now are because the teams that we're playing are very good,” Showtime Steers coach Kris Hise said. “We're not playing Cracker Jack schools that can't put the ball in the net. We're playing schools that will make us better in the long run.”
“We've played some tough teams and played some decent basketball, our final scores just don't show that,” Buffaloes coach Cory Richardson said. “We're looking more like ourselves now and finding out what everybody can do in their role and it's starting to pay off.”
Let us take a look at how each team has been performing on the hardwood so far this season:
BIG SPRING STEERS
Game One: vs. Lamesa (W, 100-67) Game Two: @ Andrews (W, 50-39) Game Three: @ Grape Creek (W, 75-19)
Game Four: vs. Reagan County (W, 60-49)
Game Five: @ Idalou (W, 68-50) Game Six: @ Odessa (L, 78-56)
Game Seven: vs. Hereford (L, 55-39) Game Eight: vs. Lubbock Coronado (W, 53-48)
Game Nine: vs. Lubbock High
(L, 51-42)
Game 10: @ Fort Stockton (W, 75-58)
BIG SPRING LADY STEERS
Game One: @ Garden City (W, 61-38) Game Two: vs. Lamesa (W, 40-36) Game Three: @ Borden County (L, 88-40)
Game Four: vs. Crane (L, 45-34) Game Five: vs. Shallowater
(L, 81-21)
Game Six: vs. San Angelo Central (L, 56-32)
Game Seven: vs. Midland Christian (W, 57-37)
Game Eight: vs. Pecos (W, 66-23) Game Nine: @ Idalou (L, 89-35) Game 10: @ Fort Stockton (W, 60-35) Game 11: @ Midland Lee (L, 63-30) Game 12: @ Lubbock Cooper
(L, 96-33)
Game 13: @ Abilene
Cooper (L, 59-41)
COAHOMA BULLDOGS
Game One: vs. Pecos (L, 32-29)
Game Two: vs. Grady (L, 48-43)
Game Three: vs. Eldorado (W, 45-41) Game Four: vs. Sweetwater (L, 67-22) Game Five: @ Forsan (L, 59-27)
Game Six: @ Borden County (L, 59-17) Game Seven: @ Colorado (L, 60-24) Game Eight: vs. O'donnell (L, 56-42)
COAHOMA BULLDOGETTES
Game One: @ Andrews (L, 46-38)
Game Two: @ Ozona (W, 50-31)
Game Three: vs. Post (L, 39-36)
Game Four: vs. Monahans (W, 57-41)
Game Five: vs. Grady (W, 54-33) Game Six: @ Fort Stockton (W, 50-30)
Game Seven: vs. Sweetwater (W, 53-50)
Game Eight: @ Forsan (L, 47-40) Game Nine: @ Borden County (L, 65-50)
Game 10: vs. Snyder (W, 60-56)
FORSAN BUFFALOES
Game One: @ Midland Classical (L, 47-39)
Game Two: @ Reagan County
(L, 56-55)
Game Three: vs. Christoval
(L, 43-22)
Game Four: vs. Jayton (L, 56-23) Game Five: vs. Coahoma (W, 59-27) Game Six: @ Grape Creek (W, 63-36) Game Seven: vs. Grady (W, 49-24) Game Eight: vs. Stanton (W, 65-49) Game Nine: @ Sands ( )
FORSAN LADY BUFFS
Game One: vs. Robert Lee
(W, 47-44 (OT))
Game Two: @ Garden City
(W, 46-29)
Game Three: Midland Classical (W, 58-12)
Game Four: vs. Klondike (W, 35-25) Game Five: @ Reagan County (W, 31-29)
Game Six: vs. Kermit (W, 56-34) Game Seven: @ Christoval (L, 44-33) Game Eight: vs. Coahoma (W, 47-40) Game Nine: @ Westbrook (L, 48-36) Game 10: @ Sterling City (W, 51-28) Game 11: @ Winters (W, 59-32) Game 12: vs. Colorado (W, 47-22)
All of Howard County is looking forward to seeing how these teams perform in the second half of the season.