The Silsbee Tigers are on the road again on Friday and plays the Randall Raiders at 1:30 p.m. on March 8th. Silsbee has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 1,304 points over their last 14 matchups.
Silsbee had already proven themselves in the regular season, and didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They walked away with a 79-70 win over Washington on Saturday. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Silsbee's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jared Harris led the charge by scoring 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. The team also got some help courtesy of Lamarcus Bottley jr, who scored 17 points along with three steals.
Meanwhile, Randall came tearing into Saturday's game with 16 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 38.4 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Canyon and snuck past 56-53. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory Randall has posted since January 30th.
Silsbee has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 28-9 record this season. As for Randall, their victory bumped their record up to 34-3.
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