Texas High School Basketball - Manvel can't hold off Texas City
February 6, 2018: Texas City, TX 77590 The Manvel Mavericks basketball team (Manvel, TX), was nudged 63-61 in Tuesday's league battle with the host Texas City Stingarees (Texas City, TX)
The Stingarees now possess a 21-11 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Fort Bend Marshall for a 5A Region III District 23 battle on Friday, February 9. Texas City will battle a Buffalos team coming off a 65-58 league loss to Ball (Galveston, TX). The Buffalos record now stands at 21-12.
The Mavericks (7-17) will now prepare for their battle against Santa Fe (Santa Fe, TX). The Indians come into the 5A Region III District 23 battle with a 6-23 record. In their last battle, Santa Fe was tipped by Shadow Creek (Pearland, TX), 105-46, in a league outing.