No big-name boys basketball signees on November National Signing Day? No problem for Atascocita, No. 2 in the most recent MaxPreps Texas Top 25.
The Eagles of coach David Martinez are rolling along at 24-1 and lead District 16-6A with a 6-0 mark.
Atascocita has only four seniors on its 12-man roster. The Eagles are young and are not particularly big, either. The team's tallest player is 6-5 junior
Donzae Peacock.
But the lack of towering height has not kept the Eagles from wins this season over No. 3 Clear Creek (League City), No. 4 Lancaster and No. 6 DeSoto.
Carsen Edwards is the Eagles' leading scorer for the season, as the 5-9 junior guard has scored 22 or more in four of six district games.
Two more juniors, 5-11 guard
Greg Shead and 6-4 forward
Matt Willrodt, have been key contributors.
Atascocita begins the second half of district play when it travels to College Park (The Woodlands) on Tuesday.
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MaxPreps Texas Top 25 Basketball Rankings
1. Plano West 20-2 (1)Tyler Davis and
Dennis Hogg led the way with 19 and 15 points, respectively, in a 68-43 victory over Plano to conclude a 2-0 week. The Wolves are a perfect 10-0 in District 6-6A.
2. Atascocita (Humble) 24-1 (2)Junior guard Carsen Edwards registered 27 points and backcourt mate
Greg Shead had 11 in a 61-52 triumph over Conroe.
3. Clear Creek (League City) 23-2 (5)
Kealon Clayborne, Cedar Hill
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The Wildcats rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit and defeated Clear Lake (Houston) 58-54 in a District 24-6A showdown.
Jared Evans led the Wildcats, now 7-0 in league play, with 15 points.
4. Lancaster 20-4 (6)Texas A&M signee
Elijah Thomas scored 17 points and
Dominique Fobbs had 15 in an 84-63 throttling of Mansfield Timberview (Arlington). The Tigers are 9-0 in District 14-5A.
5. Cedar Hill 20-2 (3)The Longhorns suffered their first District 8-6A defeat, 45-43 at South Grand Prairie.
Sticks Turner led the ‘Horns with 11 points and
Kealon Clayborne had nine. In midweek, Cedar Hill defeated Mansfield.
6. DeSoto 22-4 (4)Down by four points starting the fourth quarter, the Eagles closed on a 17-5 rush for a 60-52 victory over rival Duncanville to complete a 2-0 week.
Marques Bolden led Chris Dyer's team with 18 points and
Julian Miranda had 17.
7. Clear Lake (Houston) 22-2 (7)The Falcons dropped to 6-1 in District 24-6A with a 58-54 loss to Clear Creek (League City) despite 17 points from
Orion Lewis and 14 from
Christian West.
8. Fort Bend Elkins (Missouri City) 21-2 (20)The Knights completed a 2-0 week with a 63-56 victory over Fort Bend Bush (Richmond).
Kenneth Busby led the way with 13 points.
Bryce Terrell and
Chad Bowie had 11 each.
9. Beaumont Central 21-2 (9)The Jaguars encountered little resistance in a 78-27 rout of Baytown.
10. Brennan (San Antonio) 22-2 (10)Junior guard
Jake Valero had 29 points and
Jordan Murphy scored 26 in a 96-70 rout of Brandeis (San Antonio). The Bears followed it up with a 64-48 win over Clark (San Antonio) to complete a 2-0 week.
11. Richardson 21-4 (11)Brandon Averette scored 21 and
Ben Nakwaasah added 18 in the Eagles' 85-59 roasting of North Mesquite (Mesquite).
12. Judson (Converse) 24-4 (8)The Rockets struggled but survived with a 61-59 victory over Smithson Valley (Spring Branch) to complete a 2-0 week.
Tony Allen had 15 points and
Keiston Mackey scored 12.
13. Clemens (Schertz) 22-4 (12)Cayne Edwards had 19 points and
Samuel Kearns scored 18 in a 77-65 victory over New Braunfels to cap a 2-0 week for the Buffaloes.
14. Ozen (Beaumont) 20-3 (13)Christian Bolton had 18 points in a 69-48 victory over Goose Creek (Baytown).
15. South Oak Cliff (Dallas) 23-4 (14)Christian Massingburg tallied 28 points and
Devin McCullough had 15 in a 120-33 strumming of Molina (Dallas). The Golden Bears are 6-0 in District 13-5A.
16. Amarillo 23-2 (15)Michael Dawn scored 16 points and Evan Wieck chipped in with 11 in a 48-21 victory over Frenship (Wolfforth). The Sandies allowed only six points in the second half.
17. Bel Air (El Paso) 23-0 (16)The Highlanders steamrolled Riverside (El Paso) 64-33 and Ysleta (El Paso) 72-31 to remain undefeated.
18. Andress (El Paso) 22-1 (17)The Eagles are 10-0 in District 1-5A after wins over Bowie (El Paso) 81-52 and Chapin (El Paso) 65-49.
19. Rockwall-Heath (Rockwall) 21-0 (18)The Hawks improved to 7-0 in District 12-5A with another 2-0 week capped by a 78-48 rout of Terrell.
Camron Talley scored 18 points and
Jackson Zivney had 17.
20. Liberty (Frisco) 21-2 (21)Reggie Chaney scored 14 points and
Carter Brown had 10 in a 55-37 victory over Wakeland (Frisco) as the Redhawks improved to 8-1 in District 9-5A.
21. Cypress Woods (Cypress) 17-6 (22)JJ Caldwell scored 18 points and
Samir Sehic had 17 in a 51-45 victory over Cypress Falls (Houston) to complete a 2-0 week for the Golden Eagles.
22. Wilson (Dallas) 19-3 (23)A 2-0 week for the Wildcats ended with a 61-48 triumph over North Dallas (Dallas).
Hassan Thomas led the way with 18 points and
Craig Martin had 17. Wilson leads District 11-5A with a 7-0 record.
23. Harker Heights 19-5 (24)Davon Clare had 18 points and
Celneque Bobbitt contributed 17 points and nine rebounds in a 68-61 victory over Ellison (Killeen).
24. Ellison (Killeen) 19-5 (19)Shannon Bogues scored 22 points in a 68-39 rout of Shoemaker (Killeen).
25. Prestonwood Christian 22-4 (25)Shane Missimo led a balanced attack with 12 points and the Lions suffocated Trinity Christian (Addison) 60-30 to improve to 7-0 in TAPPS 1-5A.
Dropped out: none.
