Having just played yesterday, the Pollok Central Bulldogs will jump right back in to play the Marshall Mavericks at 11:00 a.m. on Friday. Pollok Central is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.1 points per game this season.
Pollok Central's tournament run continued when they took on Kaufman on Thursday. Pollok Central fell to Kaufman 47-41. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Bulldogs came into the match with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 134th, while the Lions are ranked 714th).
Defeat or not, Pollok Central got some senior leadership from Kaynin Poage and Wyatt Graham. Poage went 7 for 11 en route to 19 points, while Graham earned nine points along with eight rebounds. Those 19 points set a new season-high mark for Poage.
Meanwhile, Marshall entered their contest against Tyler on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Marshall lost to Tyler at home by a 60-45 margin. The Mavericks haven't had much luck with the Lions recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Marshall now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Pollok Central, their loss dropped their record down to 7-3.
Pollok Central lost to Marshall on the road by a decisive 62-48 margin when the teams last played back in December of 2023. Can Pollok Central avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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