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2:10 3rd Silsbee 35 Hightower 60

4:10 3rd Silsbee 33 Hightower 56 Silsbee has 3 techs in this game

5:48 3rd Silsbee 28 Hightower 54

No, they do not win this one or any other time they would play Bush this year. There was a reason why Silsbee only scored 12 points in the first half. I admit, Silsbee played much better in 2nd half, but still lost by 30.

This was pretty simple to analyze. Silsbee is just not in Bush's league. In fact, Silsbee looked "bush" league tonight. My good friend WOSgrad had a great comparison tonight. He compared this loss to the WO-S football loss to Richmond Foster. I agree. Silsbee was out manned, out classed, out coached, out everything. Silsbee could play Bush 25 times and would lose all 25 games. They are by far the best team Silsbee has faced this season and it's not even close. The "stay in your lane" analogy would fit quite well in this situation. I see where some have brought Central into this thread. Well, after seeing Silsbee play both, Bush would handle Central with no problem. Bush has to be the favorite to win 5A region III based on what I have seen so far. Tigers need to put this one behind them and move on. They will not see a better team the rest of the year, that's a fact.

Stats Score by quarters 1 2 3 4 tot Silsbee 8 4 26 26 64 Bush 18 24 20 32 94 Team stats FT% Silsbee 11/23 48% Bush 27/39 69% 3 PT % Silsbee 11/28 39% Bush 11/29 38% Rebounds Silsbee 32 Bush 43 Turnovers Silsbee 30 Bush 20 Fouls Silsbee 25 Bush 22 Individual scoring Silsbee Trajan Harris 15 (all in 2nd half, 5/10 three's) Jordan Adams 11 (all in 2nd half, 3/7 three's) Tre Grubbs 10 (11 rebounds) Ricky Maze 8 Bruce Newton 7 Kalon Barnes 5 Michael McCain 4 Dontre Thomas 3 Bush Jalon Robinson 21 (5/12 three's) Jalan Carter 12 (10 in 4th Q, 8/8 FT) Trevion Bradley 11 Remy Minor 11 Peter Byrd 10 Bryson Etienne 8 Trevor Gulley 7 Darreon Mickell 6 Joshua Ihek 6 Praise Akputa 2

Final Fort Bend Hightower 65 Houston Sam Houston 71 Sam Houston will play winner of Silsbee/FB Bush Broadcast will start in 5 minutes

Update on the quarterfinal games in Gold Bracket: Fort Bend Travis defeated Fort Bend Marshall Fort Bend Elkins defeated Arlington Bowie. End of 3rd, Houston Sam Houston 50, Fort Bend Hightower 47

Yes

No need. Jim Hicks and RCS sports is hyping it enough.

He isn't. Adams and Maze lead Silsbee in scoring through first 8 games. D. McCain will not play this tourney nor will he likely play next week on Monday against Lufkin and Friday against Orangefield.

On Thursday, the day began with the local ABC network breaking the news that 3 of Bush HS players were recently treated for symptoms of Staph Infections. All 3 were cleared to play this weekend in this event. Meanwhile, Bush cruised past Jeff Davis and Kempner in pool play. They will open bracket play this evening with a showdown against fellow top 10 team, Silsbee. The Tigers are playing this weekend minus leading scorer Devin McCain 6'0 frosh (mild knee injury suffered last weekend). However, they do have enough firepower because all of the football players are now in uniform, including junior sibling Michael McCain.

Big game tonight at Fort Bend ISD Raisin Canes tourney as 5A #1 ranked Fort Bend Bush takes on 4A #1 Silsbee, tonight 7:30pm at Wheeler Field House, Sugarland. Can Silsbee knock off another 5A top 5 team?

A Silsbee win tonight puts them in semifinals tomorrow at 1:30pm. Final is at 8pm. 3rd place game is at 5pm. A Silsbee loss will have them playing at 10:30 am tomorrow with consolation final at 3pm. [Hidden Content] FBISD Tourney brackets 12-11-15.pdf

Centerville Tourney

Final Diboll 80 Livingston 65

Final Beaumont Legacy 97 West Sabine 53

Final Bridge City 40 Port Neches-Groves 45

Final Clear Lake 45 La Porte 72

Final Humble 50 Dayton 25

Very good win!

Pollock Central hit three pointer at buzzer to win it.

Final Chireno 64 Pollock Central 65

Final North Shore 40 Cypress Woods 45

Brandon Ogden ‏@BrandonOSports 52s53 seconds ago Central and Chireno are tied at 62 with 55 seconds left to play.