The La Marque Cougars and the Dawson Eagles will round out the year against one another at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. La Marque is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
La Marque is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing St. Pius X: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Cougars blew the Panthers out of the water with a 67-37 final score. The Cougars have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 16 games by 20 points or more this season.
Jecaryous Oliver continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, almost dropping a double-double with 22 points and nine rebounds. Thanks to that strong game, he now owns an excellent 41.7% three-point shooting accuracy. Brendan Harris was another key player, putting up 12 points and five boards.
Meanwhile, Dawson came up short against Pearland on Friday and fell 63-51. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 147th, while the Oilers are ranked 11th).
This is the second loss in a row for Dawson and nudges their season record down to 10-6. As for La Marque, their victory bumped their record up to 18-0.
La Marque was taken down by Dawson 82-37 in their previous matchup back in December of 2020. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Cougars were down 40-17.
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