Boys Basketball Playoffs

EUSTACE -- Jacksonville survived a serious upset bid from Lancaster on Tuesday as the Indians beat the Tigers 63-62 in overtime in a Class 4A Region II bi-district playoff.

CLASS 5A Region II Bi-District Rowlett 74, Longview 55 (Tuesday in Lindale) Garland Lakeview Centennial 60, Tyler Lee 41 (Tuesday in Van) Lufkin 69, Klein Forest 64 (Tuesday in Livingston) CLASS 4A Region II Bi-District Jacksonville 63, Lancaster 62, OT (Tuesday in Eustace) McKinney North 66, Texas High 45 (Monday in Paris) Sherman 60, Marshall 56 (Tuesday in Emory) Mansfield Legacy 54, Whiteho

TYLER -- Mabank scored the first nine points and never looked back in its Class 3A Region II bi-district playoff win over Spring Hill on Tuesday night.

KILGORE -- Basketball is often described as a game of spurts, and the adage held true Tuesday night.

TYLER -- It didn't take long for Tuesday's Class 4A Region II bi-district playoff to get completely out of hand.

LUFKIN — Palestine coach Bret Botard knows the key to winning in the postseason is defense and rebounding. Tuesday at Shands Gymnasium, his team did both.

LINDALE -- Behind a trio of Division I signees, Rowlett had little problem dispensing of Longview 74-55 in Tuesday's Class 5A Region II bi-district playoff in Lindale.

LONGVIEW -- Rashaan Donelson did his best Reggie Miller impression in Monday night's Class 3A Region II bi-district basketball playoff.

LUFKIN — Kevin Shorter and the Newton Eagles made sure the Elkhart Elks' return to the postseason was a short one.

TYLER -- For the first two quarters of Monday's Class A Division I Region III bi-district playoff, Big Sandy had no answer for Kerens' rebounding prowess.