Peter Sblendorio
Sports Editor

With their win over Plano on Tuesday, the Coppell Cowboys advanced to the second round of the state playoffs and will take on Colleyville Heritage tonight at Irving MacArthur.

The Cowboys were paced in the first round by junior center Jett Raines, who scored 24 points in the win. Raines led Coppell with 11.4 points and 5.6 rebounds per game during the regular season.

Raines will likely need to be on his ‘A’ game tonight for Coppell against Heritage, who is led primarily by outside threats and could have trouble slowing the 6-6 junior. On defense, the Cowboys will need to be careful in guarding the perimeter, as Heritage had two players hit at least 53 three pointers in the regular season and two more that converted on at least 22.

If Coppell can the Heritage outside game, they will be in good shape to advance to the third round. The step in doing this for the Cowboys will be slowing Heritage leading scorer sophomore Colten Gober, who averaged 11.1 points and 2.3 three-point field goals per game.

Come out to cheer the Cowboys on tonight at Irving MacArthur at 7:00 p.m. as they look to make it to the third round of the playoffs.

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