MaxPreps Texas Top 25 high school basketball rankings

Cedar Hill leaped three spots to No. 3 in the MaxPreps Texas Top 25 with Friday's impressive 59-58 double-overtime victory at DeSoto.

The win was significant for the Longhorns because it snapped DeSoto's eight-game winning streak in district head-to-head meetings between the neighboring rivals. Cedar Hill's last district victory over DeSoto came in the 2005-06 season.

The Longhorns of first-year head coach Brandon Thomas are 4-0 in District 8-6A, including a road win at Duncanville.

Kealon Clayborne, a 6-2 senior guard, scored 19 points and sophomore point guard Russhard Cruickshank had 11 in the win over No. 4 DeSoto.



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1. Plano West 18-2 (Last week 1)
The Wolves, trailing by five points at halftime, rallied behind 24 points for Tyler Davis and 21 from Dennis Hogg for a 79-62 victory over Plano East (Plano).

2. Atascocita (Humble) 23-1 (2)
Junior point guard Carsen Edwards poured in 27 points in a 55-34 clobbering of Kingwood (Humble) to complete another 2-0 week in District 16-6A.

3. Cedar Hill 19-1 (6)
The Longhorns in a 2-0 week came up with their biggest win so far, toppling rival DeSoto 59-58 in two overtimes. Kealon Clayborne led all scorers with 19 points.

4. DeSoto 20-4 (3)
The Eagles lost for the first time in District 8-6A, falling in double overtime to Cedar Hill, 59-58. Edric Dennis paced DeSoto with 15 points and Dominique Thomas added 13.

5. Clear Creek (League City) 21-2 (4)
Rashadre Wilson set the pace with 22 points in a 61-41 victory over Clear Springs (League City). The 2-0 week included a 60-43 win over Friendswood.

6. Lancaster 19-4 (5)
The Tigers capped a 2-0 week with a 74-66 victory over Summit (Mansfield). Texas A&M signee Elijah Thomas pumped in 22 points.



7. Clear Lake (Houston) 21-1 (8)
Bradley George, a 6-1 senior guard, found the range for 23 points in a 58-48 triumph over Brazoswood (Clute).

8. Judson (Converse) 22-4 (9)
Keiston Mackey led the way with 15 points and Tony Allen had 12 in an 88-66 victory over Steele (Cibolo) in a District 25-6A tilt.
 
9. Beaumont Central 20-2 (10)
Delvin Bennett capped a 2-0 week with 18 points in a 97-47 rout of Vidor. In midweek, the Jaguars topped rival Ozen (Beaumont) 53-47.

10. Brennan (San Antonio) 20-2 (11)
Jordan Murphy, a 6-7 senior forward, poured in 28 points in the Bears' 66-56 victory over Warren (San Antonio) to go to 4-0 in District 27-6A.

11. Richardson 19-4 (7)
The Eagles bounced back from a midweek defeat to rout Highland Park (University Park) 67-48. Brandon Averette led the way with 20 points and Ben Nakwaasah added 13.
 
12. Clemens (Schertz) 20-4 (12)
The Buffaloes topped 100 points in both victories last week. Cayne Edwards scored 20 points in each — 101-59 over Smithson Valley (Spring Branch) and 117-71 over Lee (San Antonio).

13. Ozen (Beaumont) 18-3 (14)
Jordan Hunter had 13 points in a midweek 53-47 loss to Central (Beaumont).

14. South Oak Cliff (Dallas) 22-4 (15)
After scoring 42 points in a midweek victory over Spruce (Dallas), Christian Massingburg came back with 28 in an 89-41 thumping of Adamson (Dallas).



15. Amarillo 21-2 (16)
Michael Dawn scored 15 points to help the Sandies prevail 43-36 over Monterrey (Lubbock) in a District 2-6A opener.

16. Bel Air (El Paso) 21-0 (17)
Jordan Enriquez totaled 20 points and Josh Gallegos had 15 in a 61-49 triumph over Parkland (El Paso).

17. Andress (El Paso) 20-1 (18)
Debodric White scored 12 points and Alvin Warren had 11 in a 69-35 rout of Irvin (El Paso).

18. Rockwall-Heath (Rockwall) 19-0 (19)
Kelden Pruitt and Tyler Zivney scored 16 points each in an 84-57 bashing of South Garland (Garland).

19. Ellison (Killeen) 18-4 (22)
The Eagles continued to roll in District 12-6A, demolishing Midway (Waco) 74-40.

20. Fort Bend Elkins (Missouri City) 19-2 (23)
Eddie Everline scored 23 points in an 86-54 drubbing of Fort Bend Ridge Point (Missouri City).



21. Liberty (Frisco) 20-2 (20)
The Redhawks lost for the first time in District 9-5A, 52-47 to Lone Star (Frisco). Carter Brown led Liberty with 15 points.

22. Cypress Woods 15-6 (13)
Samir Sehic scored 25 points to lead a bounce-back 68-46 victory over Jersey Village (Houston) after a 63-57 midweek loss to Cypress Lakes (Katy).

23. Wilson (Dallas) 17-3 (24)
Point guard Craig Martin broke loose with 34 points in a 79-44 thrashing of Bryan Adams (Dallas) to complete a 2-0 week as the Wildcats improved to 5-0 in District 11-5A.

24. Harker Heights 18-4 (NR)
Celneque Bobbitt, a 6-8 senior center, had 19 points and 12 rebounds in a 63-44 victory over Belton.

25. Prestonwood Christian (Plano) 20-5 (25)
D.J. McGee registered 16 points and Chris Stephens finished with 15 in a 69-48 victory over Bishop Lynch (Dallas).

Dropped out: No. 21 Lake Travis (Austin)