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Awesome effort by Silsbee in the 2nd half. No quit in these tigers. Congrats on being the best legitimate 4A team in the state for the second straight year!

This is what happens when you let one of the best 6A squads in the state play 4A.

Let’s go, tigers!

Gotcha. The coaches son #34 is a freshman and scored 27 of their 40 in the semifinal. That’s two studs that have 3 more years together

1 senior and 3 juniors on this roster. And their best player this year was a freshman as best I can tell. Expect them to be back next year, and maybe the year after that

Ponder got up by moving the ball some and getting smart shots off. In the 4th it seemed like they abandoned that and tried to kill off the game by eating clock, and Hitchcock’s defense was too good for them to be able to pass the ball around up top for very long. It kept leading to turnovers and easy baskets for Hitchcock

They almost lost to BU without their best player, for what it’s worth.

Incredible run by this senior class, and so unlucky to have to finish that run without Dotson. BU showed incredible heart tonight, and gave Stony Point all they wanted and more. I’m confident in saying had Kayde been healthy we’d be watching BU in another state final. Either way, United has everything to be proud of, and nothing to hang their head about.

Big third quarter by BU

BU playing with lots of heart. Definitely not moving the ball like they normally do. Hard to quantify how big of a loss it is not having Dotson on the floor.

It’s like $12 a month or something. It’s worth it during the playoffs, although they have cut back on a lot of their regular season broadcasts

Bottley was the difference in this one. In a game where silsbee was up and down, he was steady throughout.

tigers need to pick it up.

Tigers didn't look particularly sharp that quarter.

Get it, tigers!

Blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile…

glad I’m playing poker instead of watching this one

Was praying for that buzzer beater to drop 😀

This is the last I’ll comment on this: No, I’m not from the Pear Orchard. I’m a white boy from sour lake that devoted 15 years of my life working with African American kids from Beaumont, many from the Pear Orchard. Don’t believe me, ask Mieka or Kevin Dotson. If where you’re from actually even matters in this case, which it shouldn’t, I’ve more than earned the right to stick up for a Beaumont kid. Sorry that literally everyone else has misinterpreted your seemingly straightforward comparison. The rest of the stuff you say in this post is great. I agree with it 100%.

Kinda feels like Ponder is the sacrificial lamb of the state championship, but they play the type of style that could maaaaaaybe slow down hitchcock a little.

What do I win?

what's the line on this one? I've got Hitchcock by 17

I wish you'd quit pretending that 18-13, 12-6 is somehow better than 9-22, 5-13.

I believe it, watching the game on my phone. kinda one of those oddities of lower classification basketball that you get, watching 5'6" #3 and 6'9" #10 passing the ball around at the top of the key for Holliday.

if maxpreps is correct then Holliday has 9 players 6'1" or taller, 6 of them over 6'3". one is 6'9". all of this in a town of less than 1600 people.