Nederland easily dispatched Lee last Monday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Nederland Bulldogs fell just short of the West Brook Bruins by a score of 46-43 on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 165th, while the Bruins are ranked ninth).
Elijah Garrett continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for West Brook, going 9 of 21 on his way to 22 points and three steals. The contest was Garrett's sixth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Terry Satcher, who posted six points and eight rebounds.
Nederland's loss dropped their record down to 19-9. As for West Brook, the victory was the 25th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 28-1.
The future could be bright for both Nederland and West Brook: their next opponents haven't had the best luck recently. Nederland will look to extend Sterling's four-game losing streak when the meet at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Similarly, West Brook will try to hand Lee their ninth-straight defeat when the two meet at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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