Westlake, Georgetown, Liberty Hill continue hot starts to girls basketball season

Westlake beat Vista Ridge in a pre-Thanksgiving overtime girls basketball nondistrict contest pitting playoff favorites in a fierce game.

Westlake guard Giana Angiolet drained a 3-point shot at the buzzer in regulation to force the extra period.  Angiolet scored 23 points in a solid outing against a strong defensive squad in Vista Ridge. Chaps post Tamia King added 22 points while collecting 10 rebounds. Both the 8-2 Chaps and the 6-4 Rangers have played tough early schedules to prepare for district play and possible long playoff runs.

Around the area

Liberty Hills keeps rolling: Class 5A state volleyball finalist Liberty Hill had a present for the basketball team as the fourth-ranked Panthers beat a good Cedar Creek team 79-21 to improve to 10-0. Middle blocker Evie Bruce traded her volleyball jersey for a basketball top and led the Panthers with 19 points and 10 rebounds just days after having a good tournament for the silver medalist volleyball team.

Impressing early: Glenn and first-year coach Kenny Mann continue to turn heads after the Grizzlies traveled north to the prestigious Coppell tournament and went 4-1, beating Centennial, Keller Central, host Coppell and Plano East and falling only to Little Elm. Glenn standouts Libby Lee and Soma Okolo both were named all-tournament.

Watching the Eagles: Georgetown also is red-hot. The Eagles have won three straight games against District 25-6A opponents, defeating Westwood 52-26, Stony Point 47-23 and McNeil 42-28. Reese Hoadley is the team's leading scorer (15.5 points per game). Junior 6-foot-1 twins Cassady and Chasidy Lee have combined to average 18 rebounds. The Eagles will host the Jack Frost Invitational this weekend.

Holiday games: In other games over the holiday break, Taylor defeated Thrall 49-36 while Bastrop topped St. Stephen’s’ 47-24 and Stony Point beat Cornerstone Christian 52-37. ... Cedar Ridge has won two in a row after beating Bowie 55-36. Coach Kevin Lewis and the Raiders have been rotating lineups due to injuries and illness, but after losing four of five games, Cedar Ridge beat Weiss 69-38 before defeating Bowie. ... Hays has won four in a row as the Hawks crushed San Antonio Antonian Prep 71-34 after beating Laredo United South 54-41 and Alamo Heights 58-42.  All three Hawks losses came against powerful 6A foes: defending state champion San Antonio Clark, McKinney and San Antonio Brennan.

Noteworthy: Cedar Creek sophomore Keyaira Limuel Washington is averaging 35.3 points for the Eagles while collecting 10.8 rebounds per contest.  As a freshman, she averaged 18.5 points.  Cedar Creek is 5-4. And Leander junior Gia Mitchell is on pace to get her 500th rebound soon as the powerful forward notched 22 boards in a single game against East View and has accumulated 475.

Fab Fives

Class 6A

1. Round Rock 9-1

2. Westlake 8-2

3. Stony Point 10-2

4. Vandegrift 10-3

5. Vista Ridge 6-4

Class 5A

1. Liberty Hill 10-0

2. Glenn 7-1

3. Hays 7-3

4. Georgetown 7-3

5. Hendrickson 5-4

Class 4A/others

1. Round Rock Christian 9-1

2. Johnson City 8-1

3. Manor New Tech 4-0

4. Savio 4-1

5. Thrall 4-1

Georgetown's Hoadley honored as top player

Player of the week: Reese Hoadley, jr., Georgetown. Hoadley is averaging 15.5 points for the Eagles, who posted a 3-0 record last week to improve to 7-3 on the season.

Vandegrift is red-hot after shaky start

Team of the week: Vandegrift. The Vipers (10-3) have won eight straight games after a 2-3 start. In that eight-game stretch, they have outscored teams by an average of 52-35. The Vipers were 8-25 overall a year ago and 1-13 in district.

This week's top games

Tuesday

Akins at Westlake, 7 p.m.

Cedar Ridge at Hays, 7 p.m.

Glenn at Round Rock, 7 p.m.

Manor at McCallum, 7 p.m.

Rouse at East View, 7 p.m.

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Central Texas high school girls basketball report, rankings