The Lamar Texans are taking a road trip to face off against the Bellaire Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Bellaire will be up against a hot Lamar team: the squad just extended their winning streak to five. Lamar narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Heights 56-54.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Bellaire over Wisdom in every quarter on their way to victory on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Bellaire blew Wisdom out of the water with an 83-26 final score. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 54-11.
Lamar has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a massive bump to their 14-13 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.9 points per game. As for Bellaire, their win bumped their record up to 18-10.
Lamar came up short against Bellaire in their previous matchup on January 7th, falling 68-60. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bellaire's Shelton Henderson, who went 8 of 11 en route to 25 points in addition to six rebounds and three steals. Now that Lamar knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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