Resurgent Brahmas extend win streak to three
Hallettsville lost its first two 25-AAA games but since have won three in a row.
The Brahmas (8-12, 3-2) defeated Industrial at home and Tidehaven in El Maton Friday.
The Brahma defense strangled Industrial in the second quarter, holding the Cobras to zero points in the 54-34 victory Tuesday, Jan. 9.
The Brahmas shot an even 50% in the first period in amassing an 18-7 lead. Nathan Henke supplied 6 points in the stanza.
Dougie Mundine led the 16-0 second quarter with a pair of threes and Jorian Wilson scored 5 points enabling the Brahmas to take a 34-7 advantage at the intermission..
Mundine was the Brahma sniper with four threes and scored 16 points. Jake Alexander had a gamehigh 18 points for the Cobras.
Scoring: Nathan Henke 6, Jashaun Price 7, Dougie Mundine 16, Monte Thigpen 5, Shane Migura 9, Jorian Wilson 11.
Brahmas 51, Tidehaven 47
The Brahmas overcame a 9-point halftime deficit in El Maton Friday night to edge the Tigers, 51-47.
Nathan Henke and Dougie Mundine led the Brahmas in the second half with 8 points apiece.
The Tigers led 19-12 at the end of the first quarter and 30-21 at the half.
The Brahmas cut the lead to 39-37 going into the final period.
Freshman Kason Podhajsky led a 14-6 run in the fourth with 5 points and Henke made four key free throws.
Mundine and Henke led all scorers with 15 points apiece. Kevin Rickaway and Jaxton Tolbert scored 12 each for the Tigers.
Scoring: Nathan Henke 15, Jashaun Price 3, Dougie Mundine 15, Monte Thigpen 4, Shane Migura 2, Kason Podhajsky 8, Jorian Wilson 4.
Threes: Mundine 3, Migura 2.