Lamar lost against Bellaire back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Lamar Texans took a 68-60 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bellaire Cardinals. While losing is never fun, the Texans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 370th, while the Cardinals are ranked 67th).
Shelton Henderson was his usual excellent self, going 8 of 11 en route to 25 points along with six rebounds and three steals for Bellaire. Henderson's evening made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kohlman Dutton, who posted 16 points.
Lamar dropped their record down to 9-13 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Bellaire, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season.
Lamar will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Wisdom at 6:00 p.m. on January 17th. As for Bellaire, a feisty cat fight will be fought when the Bellaire Cardinals duke it out with the Houston Math Science & Tech Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Bellaire is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.4 points per game this season.
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