The Lamar Texans and the Memorial Mustangs squared off in some playoff action on Monday, but sadly the Lamar Texans had to settle for second. Their rough 56-31 defeat to the Mustangs might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Lamar can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 869th, while Memorial is ranked 167th).
Despite the loss, Lamar had strong showings from Khouri White, who scored 19 points along with five rebounds, and Phoenix Sneed, who scored six points along with eight rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Lamar and nudges their season record down to 10-14. As for Memorial, the win (which was their 13th in a row) raised their record to 24-12.
Lamar does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Memorial will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Fort Bend Austin on February 15th. Memorial is also coming in off of a big victory, so somebody is in for a big reversal of fortune.
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