MaxPreps Texas Top 25 high school basketball rankings

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Only Atascocita (Humble) and Tascosa (Amarillo) have maintained perfect season records in Texas' top classification.

With a 32-0 final regular season record against a very testing schedule, Atascocita remains where it began in this season's MaxPreps Texas Top 25 -- at No. 1.

Perhaps a little more surprising has been the success of No. 10 Tascosa (28-0). Overshadowed in recent seasons by rival Amarillo, Steve Jackson's Rebels have been a dominant force in West Texas throughout the campaign. Tascosa has one game remaining in the regular season at home vs. Frenship (Wolfforth).



Based on a 35-2 record a season ago, David Martinez's Atascocita squad figured to be strong since it returned practically its entire squad. The Eagles were knocked out of the playoffs in the Region II title game by MacArthur (Irving). Tascosa graduated only three from a 22-8 club that saw its season end in a second-round playoff loss to North Crowley.

Atascocita, Tascosa and the other postseason qualifiers will begin a playoff road next week that culminates at the state tournament March 10-12 at San Antonio's Alamodome.

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1. (1 last week) Atascocita (Humble) 32-0
Purdue signee Carsen Edwards and Fabian White scored 22 points each in a 60-52 triumph over Kingwood. The Eagles capped the week with an 80-52 thumping of Conroe as Edwards scored 50.

2. (2) DeSoto 28-2
The Eagles squandered a lead in the fourth quarter, but held on to defeat Cedar Hill thanks in part to 19 points from Julian Miranda. Jordan Berry had 16 points in a 50-45 win over Midlothian to cap a 2-0 week.

3. (3) Lancaster 28-2
Deon Barrett notched 34 points in a 107-33 midweek rout of Ennis. Jakolby Pemberton scored 22 in a 65-51 triumph over Red Oak.

4. (4) Benjamin Davis (Houston) 26-2
Royce Hamm, a 6-foot-7 junior, had 20 points, 11 rebounds and four steals in a 77-57 battering of Memorial (Houston).

5. (5) Fort Bend Elkins (Missouri City) 28-2
The Knights registered comfortable double-digit wins over Fort Bend Ridge Point (Missouri City) and Fort Bend Marshall (Missouri City) to set up a Tuesday rematch with Fort Bend Bush (Richmond).



6. (6) Brandeis (San Antonio) 29-1
Kobe Magee and Matthew McCary each scored 18 in a 71-51 romp of Warren (San Antonio). Earlier in the week the Broncos eased past Jay (San Antonio), 86-66.

7. (7) Houston Math Science & Tech 28-4
Kendric Davis was chosen the outstanding player in a 70-65 victory over Lamar (Houston). Earlier in the week the Tigers walloped Westbury (Houston), 79-46.

8. (8) Cedar Hill 23-4
The Longhorns outscored DeSoto 18-6 in the fourth quarter but still finished on the wrong end of a 56-53 road loss, despite 12 points from Bruce Simmons and Russhard Cruickshank. Zach Simmons had 16 in a 67-62 victory over Mansfield to cap the week.

9. (9) Skyline (Dallas) 28-1
Marcus Garrett scored 12 points in a 45-27 triumph over Irving to close a week that began with a 65-12 thumping of Sunset (Dallas) behind 18 points from Rayshon Battee.

10. (10) Tascosa (Amarillo) 28-0
The Rebels remained perfect with a 90-47 thrashing of Monterey (Lubbock).

11. (12) Shoemaker (Killeen) 29-2
Devyn Brewton led the way with 15 points and seven rebounds in a 57-38 bashing of Belton. Earlier in the week, the Wolves throttled Killeen 75-31.



12. (13) North Crowley (Fort Worth) 27-3
Jordon Myers scored 21 points in an 84-46 humbling of Sam Houston (Arlington). Earlier in the week, the Panthers rolled 83-50 over Lamar (Arlington).

13. (14) Fort Bend Hightower (Missouri City) 28-4
Kenneth Yarbrough pumped in 15 points in a 75-51 subduing of Fort Bend Austin (Sugar Land).

14. (15) Fort Bend Travis (Richmond) 27-4
The Tigers came from behind in the fourth quarter to squeeze out a 62-61 victory over Alief Taylor (Houston) behind Zach Naylor's 19 points. An 89-41 rout of Fort Bend Dulles (Sugar Land) opened the week.

15. (11) Steele (Cibolo) 27-3
The Knights were upended by Judson (Converse), 48-46. Kijana Love was the leading scorer for Steele with nine.

16. (17) Prestonwood Christian (Plano) 26-7
The Lions encountered no problems from city rival John Paul II in a 79-39 romp.

17. (18) Klein Forest (Houston) 25-4
The Eagles locked up the District 15-6A title with a 51-49 triumph over Klein, having earlier in the week disposed of Montgomery, 74-49.



18. (19) South Grand Prairie 21-8
Oklahoma State signee Cameron McGriff led the way with 18 points in a 66-53 takedown of Mansfield.

19. (20) Plano East 25-7
The Panthers clinched the District 6-6A title with a midweek 58-48 victory over Allen behind 19 points from Chris Parker. On Friday, Parker had a team-high 14 points in a 62-53 loss to playoff contender Flower Mound.

20. (21) Allen 23-7
Following a district title-eliminating loss to Plano East on Tuesday, the Eagles got 15 points from Cameron Christon in a 76-44 rout of Boyd (McKinney).

21. (22) Yates (Houston) 25-3
A five-game streak of 100-point games ended, but the Lions roared to easy wins over Houston foes Madison (91-78) and North Forest (97-83).

22. (23) Fort Bend Bush (Richmond) 25-7
Bryson Etienne scored 21 points in a 113-24 derailment of Santa Fe to complete a 2-0 week that began with a 62-49 win over Texas City.

23. (24) Clemens (Schertz) 23-7
Samuel Kearns tallied 23 points in a 92-76 bashing of Wagner (San Antonio).



24. (NR) Cypress Ranch (Houston) 27-4
Blake Nevins scored 15 points and Elish Benjamin added 13 in a 48-42 win over Cypress Woods (Cypress). Earlier in the week, the Mustangs cruised 63-47 over Jersey Village (Houston).

25. (16) Vista Ridge (Cedar Park) 29-3
Aaron Gregg and Marquan Hampston each scored 20 in a 62-51 win over Leander. But the Rangers were defeated earlier in the week by Georgetown, 66-52.

Dropped out: No. 25 Churchill (San Antonio).

Teams to watch

Abilene 30-3

Americas (El Paso) 29-1



Beaumont Central 25-6

Dickinson 28-6

Liberty (Frisco) 26-5

Ozen (Beaumont) 25-3

Dekaney (Houston) 25-8

Trinity Christian (Addison) 26-4



Westlake (Austin) 25-3

West Mesquite 25-5