The Burnet Bulldogs will challenge the Jarrell Cougars at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Friday, Burnet didn't have too much trouble with Taylor as they won 52-37. The Bulldogs pushed the score to 39-18 by the end of the third, a deficit the Ducks cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Jarrell had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.5 points) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 53-39 victory over the Badgers. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 266th, while the Badgers are ranked 777th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jarrell has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.1 points per game. As for Burnet, their win bumped their record up to 11-14.
Burnet came up short against Jarrell in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, falling 58-54. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Jarrell's Aniya Taylor, who went 9 of 18 on her way to 31 points. Now that Burnet knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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