It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but the Silsbee Tigers had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They came out on top against the Eagles by a score of 79-70. The victory was nothing new for Silsbee as they're now sitting on 14 straight.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Silsbee to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jared Harris, who scored 19 points along with six steals and five assists. Harris has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last 11 times he's played. Another player making a difference was Lamarcus Bottley jr, who scored 17 points along with three steals.
Despite the loss, Washington still got an impressive performance from Chris Mcdermott, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 11 rebounds. Mcdermott is crushing the rebound category: he's posted at least eight every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Samuel Johnson, who scored 13 points along with seven rebounds and two steals.
Silsbee is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 18 games, which provided a nice bump to their 28-9 record this season. As for Washington, their loss dropped their record down to 27-5.
Silsbee's road trip will continue as they head out to face Randall at 1:30 p.m. on March 8th. One thing working in Randall's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 30 games. Washington does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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