After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Lufkin, Grand Oaks was happy to have turned things around on Saturday. They walked away with a 68-56 win over the Silsbee Tigers. Given the Grizzlies' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 91st, while the Tigers are ranked 345th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Despite the defeat, Silsbee saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Payton Jones went 10 for 19 on his way to 29 points. That was a full 51.8% of Silsbee's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Troy Rice was another key player, putting up 13 points and six rebounds.
Grand Oaks is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.1 points per game. As for Silsbee, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-12.
Grand Oaks wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 67-57 victory against Hudson on the 28th. As for Silsbee, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 59-52 loss against Klein Oak on the 28th.
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