The Burbank Bulldogs will square off against the McCollum Cowboys at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
McCollum will be up against a hot Burbank team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Burbank blew past Jefferson 85-39 on Tuesday. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 381st, while the Mustangs are ranked 1061st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Zara?nique Nealy
| 02/04/25 @ Jefferson | 8 |
| 01/31/25 vs Lanier | 13 |
| 01/28/25 @ Fox Tech | 8 |
| 01/24/25 vs Sam Houston | 7 |
| 01/23/25 @ Brackenridge | 6 |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Burbank to victory, but perhaps none more so than Zara?Nique Nealy, who dropped a double-double on 28 points and ten rebounds. Nealy is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed three or more in the last 20 games she's played. Another player making a difference was Nyila Botello, who went 10 for 21 en route to 25 points and seven steals.
Burbank smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 25 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in 11 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, McCollum had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.4 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Tuesday. They claimed a resounding 74-39 victory over the Dragons. 74 seems to be a good number for the Cowboys as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
McCollum has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 23 of their last 24 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 31-3 record this season. As for Burbank, they pushed their record up to 21-12 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Burbank came up short against McCollum in their previous matchup back in November of 2024, falling 68-60. Can Burbank avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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