SBLive's Texas Girls Basketball Top 25: DeSoto, Cedar Park hold top spots after dominant starts to state title defenses
The DeSoto Eagles and Cedar Park Wolves have picked up right where they left off to start the 2021-22 Texas high school girls basketball season.
DeSoto and Cedar Park — the UIL’s defending state champions in Class 6A and 5A, respectively — have dominated their early-season competition to earn the top two spots in the first edition of SBLive’s Texas Girls Basketball Top 25 rankings.
SBLive’s statewide high school girls basketball rankings are compiled by reporter Andrew McCulloch and will be released every week throughout the regular season.
Here’s a look at the top teams throughout the state in early December:
SBLive’s Texas Girls Basketball Top 25 rankings (Dec. 9, 2021):
25. Fredericksburg (11-1)
Last Week: 58-50 W vs. San Marcos
Up Next: Fredericksburg Tournament, Dec. 9-11 [vs . Somerset and Sinton (Dec. 9)]
24. Converse Judson (17-4)
Last Week: Laredo Border Olympics [5-1 record against Alice (W), Harlingen (W), Laredo United South (L), Rio Grande City (W), San Antonio Jay (W) and South San Antonio (W)]
Up Next: vs. Laredo United (Dec. 10); vs. Cibolo Steele (Dec. 14)
23. Laredo United South (18-4)
Last Week: Laredo Border Olympics champions (6-0 record against Bishop, Converse Judson, Edcouch-Elsa, Laredo Cigarroa, Laredo United and San Antonio Marshall); 70-26 W vs. Uvalde
Up Next: vs. Laredo Alexander (Dec. 10); at Laredo United (Dec. 14)
22. Corpus Christi Veterans (20-2)
Last Week: Rockport Toast of the Coast Tournament [5-1 record against Corpus Christi Calallen (W), Corpus Christi Flour Bluff (L), Kerrville Tivy (W), Rockport-Fulton (W x2) and Victoria West (W)]; 86-28 W vs. Gregory-Portland
Up Next: at Corpus Christi Ray (Dec. 10); vs. Victoria East (Dec. 14)
21. Edinburg Vela (18-2)
Last Week: Brownsville ISD Tournament champions (6-0 record against Brownsville Lopez, Brownsville Rivera, Donna IDEA, Edinburg Harvest Christian, Los Fresnos and McAllen Rowe); 77-33 W vs. PSJA North
Up Next: vs. La Joya (Dec. 10); at Edinburg North (Dec. 14)
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20. Plano (11-3)
Last Week: Fort Worth ISD Cowtown Classic [3-1 record against Dallas Pinkston (W), Denton Braswell (L), Fort Worth Arlington Heights (W) and Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy (W)]; 60-48 L vs. Coppell
Up Next: at Flower Mound Marcus (Dec. 10)
19. Denton Braswell (14-2)
Last Week: Fort Worth ISD Cowtown Classic champions (4-0 record against Irving MacArthur, Mesquite Horn, Plainview and Plano); 58-37 W vs. Trophy Club Byron Nelson
Up Next: at Dallas Skyline (Dec. 10); vs. McKinney Boyd (Dec. 14)
18. Flower Mound (13-1)
Last Week: Royse City Craig Bowers Memorial Tournament [2-1 record against Dallas Thunder (W), Denton Guyer (W) and Royse City (L)]; 53-24 W vs. Flower Mound Marcus
Up Next: at Carrollton Hebron (Dec. 10)
17. Royse City (18-2)
Last Week: Royse City Craig Bowers Memorial Tournament champions (5-0 record against Dallas Christian, Flower Mound, Plano Prestonwood, Tyler Legacy and Wylie); 61-48 W vs. Tyler Chapel Hill
Up Next: vs. North Forney (Dec. 20)
16. South Grand Prairie (12-3)
Last Week: 64-60 W vs. San Antonio Wagner (Mansfield She Got Game Classic); 68-48 W at Mansfield Timberview
Up Next: vs. Keller (Dec. 10); vs. Allen (Dec. 14)
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15. Austin High (13-2)
Last Week: NB Canyon/New Braunfels Tournament champions (3-0 record against Mansfield Timberview, Midlothian and South Oak Cliff); 46-36 W vs. Austin Bowie
Up Next: at Austin Akins (Dec. 10)
14. Hardin-Jefferson (10-3)
Last Week: Mansfield She Got Game Classic [2-1 record against San Antonio Wagner (W), Valor Christian (Colorado) (W); Southwest Academy (Ontario, Canada) (L)]; 101-18 W vs. Liberty
Up Next: at Huntsville (Dec. 10); at Hamshire-Fannett (Dec. 11)
13. Pflugerville Hendrickson (15-1)
Last Week: Pflugerville Nancy Walling Classic [4-1 record against Cedar Park Vista Ridge (W), Friendswood Clear Brook (W), Lubbock Monterey (L), Pflugerville Weiss (W) and Schertz Clemens (W)]; 58-4 W at Pflugerville Connally
Up Next: vs. Bastrop (Dec. 17)
12. Frisco Liberty (8-2)
Last Week: 54-22 W at Frisco Centennial; 46-19 W vs. Frisco Lebanon Trail
Up Next: at Frisco Wakeland (Dec. 10); vs. Frisco Independence (Dec. 14)
11. San Antonio Brennan (16-1)
Last Week: 83-42 W at San Antonio Marshall
Up Next: at San Antonio Harlan (Dec. 10)
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10. San Antonio Clark (15-2)
Last Week: 56-41 W at San Antonio Harlan; 46-32 W at Cibolo Steele
Up Next: at San Antonio Brandeis (Dec. 10)
9. Lubbock Cooper (10-0)
Last Week: 43-30 W vs. College Station; 46-33 W vs. Hobbs (New Mexico)
Up Next: vs. Amarillo (Dec. 14)
8. Argyle (17-0)
Last Week: Georgetown Tournament champions (5-0 record against Dripping Springs, Fort Worth Boswell, Georgetown, Killeen Harker Heights and San Antonio Reagan); 56-47 W vs. Keller Timber Creek
Up Next: at Audrey (Dec. 10); vs. Decatur (Dec. 14)
7. Coppell (17-0)
Last Week: Rockport Toast of the Coast Tournament champions (5-0 record against Aransas Pass, Austin Navarro, Buda Hays, Corpus Christi Flour Bluff and Kerrville Tivy); 60-48 W at Plano
Up Next: vs. Plano West (Dec. 10); vs. Sanger (Dec. 14)
6. Katy Tompkins (17-1)
Last Week: Katy ISD Classic [4-1 record against Cypress Bridgeland (W), Galena Park North Shore (W), Mansfield (W), San Antonio Central (L) and Spring Westfield (W)]; 52-18 W vs. Klein Oak
Up Next: at Katy Cinco Ranch (Dec. 10); vs. Fort Bend Bush (Dec. 13)
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5. Plano East (12-1)
Last Week: Garland Curtis Culwell Invitational (2-0 record against Highland Park, South Garland); 42-25 W vs. Carrollton Hebron
Up Next: vs. Lewisville (Dec. 10)
4. Humble Summer Creek (13-1)
Last Week: 65-51 W vs. Alvin Shadow Creek; 51-37 W at Tomball Memorial
Up Next: at Houston C.E. King (Dec. 14)
3. Duncanville (11-3)
Last Week: Mansfield She Got Game Classic [88-44 W vs. Grandview (Colorado) (Dec. 2), 70-53 L vs. Classen SAS (Oklahoma) (Dec. 4)]
Up Next: Washington D.C. She Got Game Classic [vs . IMG Academy (Florida) (Dec. 10), vs. Bishop McNamara (Maryland) (Dec. 11)]
2. Cedar Park (16-0)
Last Week: Mansfield She Got Game Showcase [55-25 W vs. Bella Vista (Arizona); 56-48 W vs. Grandview (Colorado)]
Up Next: at Marble Falls (Dec. 14)
1. DeSoto (9-0)
Last Week: Mansfield She Got Game Classic [61-35 W vs. Southwest Academy (Ontario, Canada) (Dec. 2)]
Up Next: Washington D.C. Capital Invitational [vs . Bishop McNamara (Maryland) (Dec. 9), vs. Sidwell Friends (Washington D.C.) (Dec. 11)]; at Mansfield Lake Ridge (Dec. 14)
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