The Dublin Lions are facing City View Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 8 p.m. in Mineral Wells in the Bi-District playoffs following split wins last week.
The Lions triumphed over Early 53-45 Feb. 4 at home.
“We had a great turnout of fans for our senior night and it was extra special securing the win for one step closer to playoffs,” said head Dublin boys basketball coach Wes Grisham. “We didn’t shoot the best from 3 point or free throw line but our execution of plays kept the distance from Early.”
Leading Dublin scorers was Alex Teten with 16 points, 6 rebounds and 4 steals.
Hunter Jones followed with 12 points, 12 rebounds and a block.
Also scoring were: ■ Kaden Gaitan - 9 pts, 6 reb, 5 assists, 1 steal
■ DJ Ferguson 5 pts, 5 reb, 2 assists, 2 steal
■ Kyler Gaitan - 3 pts, 2 reb, 1 assist, 2 steals
■ Francisco Garcia - 3 pts, 5 reb
■ Sev Ruiz - 2 pts, 6 reb
■ Karston Young - 2 pts The Lions followed this with a 62-50 away loss to the Tolar Rattlers. “We had a great start to the game and keeping the momentum rolling against adversity and I’m proud of our guys for keeping a level head throughout the game,” said Grisham. “We were the dominant team until the 4th quarter we just couldn’t get a call from officials on physicality and Tolar made big shots when they needed it. We secured our spot in playoffs but really wanted to beat these guys out right, which we were in the first 3 quarters.”
Scoring for Dublin were: Teten - 19 pts, 5 reb, 2 steals, 1 block Kaden Gaitan - 14 pts, 5 reb, 7 assist, 2 steals, 1 block Jones - 8 pts, 11 reb, 2 assist, 1 block Ferguson - 5 pts, 8 reb, 1 steal, 1 block Garcia - 2 points, 1 reb, 1 assist Salinas - 2 points, 5 reb