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In a hard-fought game where scoring runs were traded, visiting Joshua overcame an eight-point deficit and hung on to win, 51-49, over Ennis on Tuesday night. The Lions came up short for the third time in four District 14-5A games to drop to 4-4.

Avenging a loss at Ennis last month, Midlothian (15-5) exacted a measure of revenge with a 57-38 retribution. The Panthers grabbed a quick 16-7 lead in the first quarter and never lost the upper hand.

Kamdyn Graves, a 6’1 junior center, scored 24 and wiped the boards clear of rebounds as Joshua rolled to a 41-25 win at Ennis on Tuesday.

Ennis hung with Midlothian until the second quarter when the Panthers hung a 24-9 scoring spree on the Lady Lions enroute to a runaway, 74-22 final. It was the ninth loss in a row for Team Maroon, now 4-16.

A frigid start was enough to do in a Palmer unit whose turnovers, most of them hurried, errant passes, allowed visiting Eustace to post a 49- 37 win on Monday.

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Second year HC Desmond Guy and his Italy boys basketball team is still serving it up hot. Tuesday night they walloped Rio Vista, 70-52, the Gladiators’ closest game in weeks. The Olde Gold improved to 13-3 and 7-0 in District 12-2A.

Recoiling after a hard home loss to Waco University, Ennis made quick work of winless Cleburne, 76- 36, on the road Tuesday at the Jeff Cody Gym.

Missed opportunities at the charity stripe prevented winning a close game as well as a chance to move into first place in a 46-42 Ennis setback to University High School on Jan. 15.