Basketball Game Preview: Somerset Bulldogs vs. LBJ Austin Jaguars

The Somerset Bulldogs will square off against the LBJ Austin Jaguars on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Somerset sitting on 14 straight victories and LBJ Austin on 13.

Somerset is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They skirted past John F. Kennedy 59-56. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 266th, while the Rockets are ranked 1101st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for LBJ Austin on Monday. They put the hurt on Fredericksburg with a sharp 74-50 win. The Jaguars have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 15 games by 20 points or more this season.

LBJ Austin pushed their record up to 21-13 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 49.2 points. As for Somerset, their win bumped their record up to 24-11.