Texas scored the most points they've had all season on Tuesday, but it wasn't enough. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 85-84 to the Silsbee Tigers. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (56), Texas still had to take the loss.
Silsbee's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Payton Jones, who went 12 for 19 en route to 34 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Jones has scored at least a third of Silsbee's points. Another player making a difference was Billy Boulwen, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 15 rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Texas and nudges their season record down to 5-3. As for Silsbee, the victory snapped their losing streak at four games dating back to last season and leaves them with a 1-3 record.
Texas will challenge ESTEM at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Silsbee, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 72-51 win against St. Thomas Catholic on the 30th.
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