The O'Connor Panthers will take on the Taft Raiders at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. O'Connor is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51 points per game this season.
O'Connor is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Stevens just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Falcons by a score of 47-45. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Panthers came into the game with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 130th, while the Falcons are ranked 416th).
Hagen Hurst
| 01/13/26 @ Stevens | 16 |
| 01/09/26 vs Holmes | 22 |
| 01/06/26 @ Marshall | 19 |
| 01/03/26 vs Central Catholic | 17 |
| 12/31/25 vs Brennan | 15 |
| + 12 more games |
O'Connor might have lost, but man, Hagen Hurst was a machine: he dropped a double-double with 16 points and 17 boards. Hurst's evening made it 17 games in a row in which he has scored at least 15 points. Ethan Bilyeu was another key player, putting up eight points and eight rebounds.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 85-44, which was the final score in Taft's tilt against Brennan on Tuesday.
O'Connor's loss dropped their record down to 12-11. As for Taft, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-15.
O'Connor beat Taft 54-46 in their previous matchup back in February of 2025. Do the Panthers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Raiders turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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