Silsbee 89 Levelland 47-Final/TIGERS ADVANCE TO 4A STATE TITLE GAME!!!

[WOSgrad]

The Silsbee Tigers look to take one step closer to the Texas Class 4A Basketball State Championship as they take on the Levelland Lobos in this state semifinal game.

The Tigers, 30-5 on the season and Region III champions, began their playoff road with a 120-68 bi-district win over Liberty followed by a 104-59 area round victory over Houston Furr.  After a 97-69 regional quarterfinal win over Houston Sterling and an 81-69 regional semifinal victory over Lufkin Hudson, the Tigers captured the Region III title and earned a trip to the State Championship Tournament with an 85-62 win over Navasota in the regional final.

Meanwhile, the Lobos, 25-11 on the season and Region I champs, began their playoff path with a 66-49 bi-district win over Pampa followed by a 54-35 area round win over Seminole.  After topping Lamesa 72-56 in the regional quarterfinal and Kennedale 69-65 in the regional semifinal, the Lobos beat Abilene Wylie 64-61 in the regional final to earn their spot in the tournament.

The winner of this game will face the winner of the La Marque/Dallas Lincoln semifinal on Saturday at 7:00 pm for the the Class 4A State Championship.

Join Mike Sanchez for all of the action from the Alamodome in San Antonio beginning with the pregame at 1:20 pm followed by the tip at 1:30 pm by clicking on the Cube player below.

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[WOSgrad]

ttt

[Guest]

Silsbee 85

Levelland 55

Tigers will roll today.

[Who That]

Go and get that W" Silsbee Tigers.!!

[BADSANTA]

Let's get the W Tigers!!!

[winwin]

Good luck boys. Bring it home!!

[ST413]

Let's Gooooo Tigers!!

[About a week ago]

Let's go Tigers! 

[WOSgrad]

The broadcast has started.

[KHSAlum400]

Listening in.. I'll post stats.. Lol! 

[bullets13]

lets go Tigers!!

[KHSAlum400]

Starters for today's game:

Levelland - 5'6" Gonzales, 6'6" Williams, 6'1" Elliott, 6'1" Gerber, 6'2" Bontrager

Silsbee - 6'1" McCain, 6'2" Adams, 6'1" Thomas, 6'2" Maze, 6'2" Barnes

[KHSAlum400]

5-0 Silsbee early.. 7:19 in the 1st. 

[KHSAlum400]

Silsbee at the line after consecutive turnovers by Levelland. 

[KHSAlum400]

4 turnovers in a row forced by Silsbee

[bullets13]

This might get ugly quick!!

[TxHoops]

Levelland is just not going to be used to this speed, pressure, and athleticism.  If the tigers keep their foot on their throats, this one could get ugly.  Early 5-0 lead Tigers off two quick turnovers. 

[KHSAlum400]

8-0 Silsbee. 6:43 in the 1st. 

[KHSAlum400]

Levelland finallly gets on the board.. 2nd foul called on D. Thomas. 

[Guest]

Just now, bullets13 said:

This might get ugly quick!!

I tried to tell everybody. lol

Silsbee is about to run this team to death and they are not used to that at all. Especially a team this quick in Silsbee.

Tigers by 30 plus.

[KHSAlum400]

8-2 Tigers.. 6:33

[KHSAlum400]

Back-to-back buckets by Williams cuts the lead to 8-4

[wo-s#1]

Pressure D killin em,stay on that tail tigers

[KHSAlum400]

12-6 Tigers... 4:49 in the 1st. 

[KHSAlum400]

2 fouls now on Levelland's 6'6" post..