If Furr was feeling good fresh off their 59-27 takedown of Northside last Saturday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Furr Brahmans received a blow on Wednesday as they fell 71-54 to the Washington Eagles. While losing is never fun, the Brahmans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 666th, while the Eagles are ranked 194th).
Washington had a senior duo take command as Robert Jones went 10 of 14 en route to 22 points and Samuel Johnson dropped a double-double on 13 points and 18 boards. Those 18 rebounds gave Johnson a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Kadyn Barnes, who posted seven points and 15 boards.
Furr's defeat dropped their record down to 8-5. As for Washington, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season.
Furr will face off against Worthing at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Worthing knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 22 games -- so hopefully Furr likes a good challenge. As for Washington, they will look to defend their home court on Saturday against Scarborough at 10:00 a.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Washington has four straight wins, Scarborough has eight straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
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