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AUSTIN -- The Laneville Yellow Jackets carried an 18-game winning streak into Saturday night's Class A Division II state championship game.
They finally met their match.
Water Valley used a huge third quarter to pull away from Laneville to capture the state title with a 68-44 win before 10,432 fans at the Frank Erwin Center...
UIL Boys State Basketball Tournament
Class A Division II State Championship Game
Laneville (33-6) vs. Water Valley (28-5)
When: 7 p.m. Saturday
Where: Frank Erwin Center, Austin
Road to Austin
Laneville
Area: def. Rou
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UIL Boys State Basketball Tournament
Class 2A State Championship Game
Tatum (35-4) vs. Ponder (31-7)
When: 1:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: Frank Erwin Center, Austin
Road to Austin
Tatum
Bi-district: def. Frankston, 94-59
Area: def. New
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AUSTIN -- Bushland senior guard Taylor Cornelius said it best.
"I think the pressure is what got to us the most," he said following Tatum's 58-41 win Thursday morning in a Class 2A semifinal at the Frank Erwin Center. "There's no way you can really simulate that kind of pressure in practice when you're not used to it. We hadn't seen that since December."
The second-ranked Eagle
AUSTIN -- Grapeland fought back from a 12-point deficit early in the fourth quarter and had a chance to tie inside of 10 seconds, but what became a thorn in the Sandies' all game long reared its head one last time.
UIL Boys State Basketball Tournament
Class A Division II State Semifinal
Laneville (32-6) vs. Miller Grove (27-9)
When: 7 p.m. Friday
Where: Frank Erwin Center, Austin
Road to Austin
Laneville
Area: def. Round Top-Carmine, 100-48
Regional quarterfinal: def. Cal
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