Memorial to play Texas City in Channelview on Friday
Published 5:02 pm Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Port Arthur Memorial’s 5A boys basketball playoff path is making a stop in Channelview.
Memorial (26-5) will take on Texas City (24-8 according to MaxPreps) at 7 p.m. Friday at Channelview High School in the area round of the UIL playoffs. The winner will take on either Humble, which edged Nederland 59-56 in overtime Tuesday, or Fort Bend Marshall.
The Titans are coming off a 94-54 win over Dayton on Tuesday at Baytown’s Lee College in the bi-district round. Thailan Wesley led Memorial with 31 points in the win.
Texas City beat Houston Furr 66-44 at Pasadena Memorial on Tuesday.
Other area-round matchups involving Jefferson and Orange county teams include:
• In 5A, Central vs. Elkins at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Crosby, and Ozen vs. Manvel at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Atascocita. The winners of those games will play each other.
• In 4A, Little Cypress-Mauriceville vs. Huffman Hargrave at 7 p.m. Friday at Hardin-Jefferson (winner to play Houston Yates or Diboll), and H-J vs. Silsbee at 7 p.m. at Shepherd (winner to play Shepherd or Houston North Forest).
In the 5A girls regional semifinals, Central will play Georgetown at 5 p.m. Friday at Delmar Fieldhouse in Houston. The winner will play Leander Rouse or Barbers Hill, the latter having beaten Ozen 46-39 at Lamar State College Port Arthur on Tuesday.
— I.C. Murrell
About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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