Atascocita boys roll to 67-37 blowout

The Atascocita boys basketball team breezed to a 67-37 win over Pasadena Dobie tonight in a game that wasn’t even as close as the score indicated. Here’s the online recap. (And the online recap from the Kingwood game.)

The Eagles put on a little dunking exhibition before the game, although they tried enough fancy stuff to knock their percentage below 50 percent. They played just as loose once the game started, dominating a team that had a height advantage inside.

I’ll write more on this later, but freshmen Jamal Branch and Everett Pleasant are the real deal. Most of you already knew that, but I’m a little slow on the uptake sometimes. Branch had 13 and Pleasant had 9 in this game. Shawn Toran, who had 30 points the other day, also scored 9 . Mick Hoffman had 10, Austin Nickell 8, and junior guard Matt Evans contributed with 8 points, all in the third quarter.

I also got to speak with Atascocita teacher and counselor Cynthia Colbert, the wife of head football coach and athletic coordinator Dean Colbert, and that was a blast. She filled me in on a few upcoming college commitments from Atascocita athletes, and it’s quite a first senior class of athletes that the school has produced.

She promises Atascocita will make the playoffs in boys basketball, so here’s hoping she’s right on the money again.

Tuesday boys basketball boxscores

Atascocita 67, Pasadena Dobie 37 (recap)

Pasadena Dobie	7	8	12	10	37
Atascocita	16	18	15	18	67

Atsc – Jamal Branch 13; Mick Hoffman 10; Everett Pleasant 9; Shawn Toran 9.

Splendora 72, Anahuac 69

Splendora	19	16	13	24	72
Anahuac	20	21	16	12	69

Splndr – Kris Usher 23; Trey Gill 20; Dennis Allen 20.

Kingwood Park 52, Caney Creek 32

Kingwood Park	13	17	15	7	52
Caney Creek	4	1	10	17	32

KPrk – Jake Powell 18.

Aldine Eisenhower 59, Kingwood 52 (recap)

Eisenhower	14	11	15	19	59
Kingwood	15	12	11	14	52

KW – Tevin Svihovec, Rob Singletary, Hunter Martin 10.