GIDDINGS — The La Grange High School boy’s basketball team traveled to Giddings High School Jan. 9 and went home with a win at Buffaloes Gym in Giddings by a final score of 68- 41. The Leopards had control for the entire game with their shot making and ability to create offense by good defense. “We really are trying to hang our hat on defense,” said La Grange head boy’s basketball coach Trent Collier.
“We were a little concerned with the fact that they played zone. We thought maybe they were gonna try to make it a muddy, slow-paced game. We were pretty intent on not allowing that to happen. That’s how you beat good ball clubs, just do it a little bit at a time. Giddings is wellcoached. They knew what they were trying to accomplish. We did our best to prevent them from doing that to us.”
La Grange senior center Reece Nygren had a productive night down on the block and recorded 12 points while doing it. “It’s been exciting,” Nygren said on the season. “New things, you never know what comes with it, but I feel like we’ve handled it well. We got a lot of seniors on this team, so I think we’ve bought in to the way Coach Collier has it. It’s been fun.”
