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Stats from the game:
Lamarcus Bottley: 37pts, 4 steals, 3 assists. He had 11 3’s in this game which is the 2nd all time record. - Jared Harris: 16pts, 8 assists, 8 rebounds, 5 steals. - Payton Jones: 14pts, 1 assist, 1 steal - Dre’lon Miller: 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals - Troy Rice: 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals   Miller is apparently a bench player for now, too. Probably won't last more than a game or two.

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Think they're playing Peabody next. They're probably done winning ballgames though.

Johnson has had a knee injury. I think they just want to be really careful with that.
Some can call this being too picky if they want, but Silsbee needs to do more than just compete well with the good teams they play. Could have easily went 3 - 0 this week if they played 4 solid quarters of basketball. Saw where there were 54 fouls and 68 free throws taken in the Dville game. I hope we didn't toss up too many bricks from the ft line in that one.
Lets get a few dubs in New Orleans after we take care of Vidor.
 
 

Allen has like 7,000 kids to build a roster from. They should be class 8A or something if it existed.
 
 
Hate to say it, but Booker T has to be the favorite to come out of R3 in 4A right now. They got a nice win over Little Rock Christian Academy. Silsbee has some work to do.

Booker T Washington - 78
St. Francis Academy (MD) - 83
Final.
No idea who Silsbee plays tomorrow. Think Duncanville is playing right now or very soon.

Booker T is also playing in the King Cotton Classic this year. I don't think any Texas teams ended up playing one another last year. Not sure if it was set up that way on purpose, or if that's just how the brackets played out.
As for this game, honestly, Silsbee looked very disinterested in this matchup. No real intensity or fire. 
I think they did a better job on the boards in the 3rd by starting Elam.
 

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Freshman class this year isn't good (besides Payton obviously) and the 8th graders aren't much better from what I've seen.
It's a combo of some lackluster classes coming up and some kids just choosing not to play.
Silsbee has some exceptional looking groups at the junior levels, so that little dry spell won't last, but people are gonna need to hang in there and be patient.
Payton will get to do his thing, but I'm a little concerned about what they're gonna surround him with starting in 26.
I'm just basing this on what I've seen up to right now. A lot can change from year to year, so you never know. May need to borrow a few more from Marshall Middle School though 🤷‍♂️
 

People who want live streams for the home games need to bookmark the Silsbee Huld now. The Bridge City game is not currently on their Youtube page. Was at the game, so I don't know if it was live streamed from there or not.

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and I believe Jones had 21 points tonight for the Tigers. Man if he gets to be as big as any of his brothers you better look out. Even if he ends up being the runt of the bunch, he's gonna do some serious damage next season.
 

A lot of district games for Silsbee play out like this. The other team will have a 3 - 5 minute hot spurt at some point in the game, and you start to think maybe "it" could happen. When it's all said and done the Tigers usually still end up winning by 30+.
Swear I hold my breath every time Rice or Boulwen put the ball on the floor. They're good players for us, but not in that area of the game.

I wouldn't overreact to one game. Sometimes it just isn't your night. They take a few beat downs in the Allen tourney, then it might be time to worry.
I've watched BU 3 times this season, and honesty, this team ain't as scary as the ones they've had in the past. They're still really good though.

Stats from yesterday's game. Bottley was balling. Clearly getting in b-ball shape now.
Lamarcus Bottley: 19pts, 5 assists, 4 steals, 3 rebounds   Jared Harris: 18pts, 8 assists, 5 rebounds   Payton Jones: 15pts, 3 rebounds   Troy Rice: 8pts, 4 rebounds, 1 block

Stats from yesterday's game. Bottley was balling. Clearly getting in b-ball shape now.
Lamarcus Bottley: 19pts, 5 assists, 4 steals, 3 rebounds   Jared Harris: 18pts, 8 assists, 5 rebounds   Payton Jones: 15pts, 3 rebounds   Troy Rice: 8pts, 4 rebounds, 1 block

They are playing in the Allen tourney. 32 team field loaded with state ranked 6A and 5A teams.

I think the YMBL had a better field than the LaGrange La. tourney United played in last week.
 
I get what you are saying. I think United "could" play a more tougher schedule and be just fine. But playing a couple of local teams, including Silsbee, doesn't hurt their program. As long as Green and Sigler are coaching those two teams, they will always play each other. That's a fact.

Rice with a dunk towards the end.
Silsbee - 56
Kingwood - 41
Final
Kingwood's first home loss of the season.

A lot of these kids have familes who've moved from town to town by the time they make it to high school. It's nothing unusual. Kids leaving for different schools works in many directions.
The girl that Silsbee lost to West Brook went from Woodville to Silsbee to WB.
The Moore kid has family in Silsbee. NOT saying that means anything as to where he ends up playing.

Y'all talking about the Moore kid? Thing he's already 6'6, actually.

Harris has done an excellent job being the man on this team in Miller's absence.
Crazy as it may sound, Miller is the leader of this team when he's playing.
He didn't score a lot of points tonight, but Jones did a good job on defense and handling the ball. Not sure he turned the ball over even 1 time when it was in his hands.

Harris has done an excellent job being the man on this team in Miller's absence.
Crazy as it may sound, Miller is the leader of this team when he's playing.
He didn't score a lot of points tonight, but Jones did a good job on defense and handling the ball. Not sure he turned the ball over even 1 time when it was in his hands.

This team ain't gonna beat anybody good till they learn to get rebounds and loose balls defensively.
Somebody should have been in that Lufkin kid's face and let him know what he is when he committed that flagrant on Harris that somehow wasn't one. Not sure how pushing a kid while he's in the air doesn't count.
Not saying anybody should have threw hands, but it don't sit right with me our kids just stood there after that happened.

There was a time when Silsbee would schedule softer teams before district. They'd play Kelly, Beaumont Legacy, East Chambers, Kirbyville, etc. Think they even played Hardin one year. They did make state a year or two during that era, but never won anything. They also went home a little too early for my taste a few times.
I'd prefer it if they challenge themselves before district, even if they bite off more than they can chew sometimes.
 

And the dunk count is 0-0.  Willowridge player got hung trying to dunk.  That should be -1 on the dunk o meter…

Hopefully Silsbee turned a bit of a corner today.
Lets get to an even 5 - 5 record with a win tomorrow.