Boys Basketball Recap (2/22): Seguin, Grapevine shockers and more from Fort Worth area

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Arlington Seguin 57, Fort Worth Wyatt 45

Seguin played exceptional defense to keep Wyatt off balance on offense much of the night as the Cougars, the No. 4 seed out of District 7-5A, stunned 8-5A’s top seed 57-45 in a Class 5A Region 1 bi-district game on Tuesday at Mansfield High School.

Wyatt (19-10) led 8-5 after one quarter, but Seguin (14-16) went on a 9-2 run to close out the first half, fueled by four points each by Mafatime Ndiaye and C.J. Booker, to give the Cougars a 22-15 lead at intermission.

Another 9-2 run by Seguin to end the third quarter gave the Cougars their biggest lead of the night at 44-27. Ndiaye capped the spree with two more baskets and finished with 13 points.

The Chaparrals did battle back to pull within nine, 44-35, on a basket by Nicholas Gunter with 5:04 left in the game. Gunter, a 6-10 junior forward, had a team-high 16 points, eight rebounds, and three blocked shots for Wyatt.

After Booker and Ndiaye hit back-to-back three-pointers with 2:29 left that upped the lead to 51-35 the Cougars knew the game was over.

Even a 9-0 run by Wyatt that sliced the lead to 51-44 with 1:05 left didn’t phase the Cougars. Booker went 4 of 4 from the line the rest of the way to keep the Chaps at bay on his way to a game-high 19 points. Booker was 9 of 9 from the stripe for the game.

Seguin out rebounded Wyatt 31-18 with Ndiaye and Lino Jackson grabbing six each for the Cougars while Xavion Brice had five rebounds and two assists.

Myles Rigsby added 12 points for Wyatt and Dwayne Bradley chipped in 10 points for the Chaps.

Seguin advances to the area round for the first time since 2017 and will face No. 15 Richland at 8 p.m. on Friday at UT-Arlington’s College Park Center.

Grapevine 55, Brewer 50

For the second straight season, the Grapevine Mustangs finished fourth in district and matched up with District 5-5A champ Brewer in the opening round.

For the second straight season, Grapevine ended Brewer’s season prematurely in the 5A Region 1 bi-district round.

The Mustangs (22-12) rallied back in the second half to knock off Brewer (21-12) on Tuesday in Keller. They advance to the area round later this week to play Mansfield Timberview, which won big on Monday.

The two teams were tied at 13 after one quarter, but Grapevine was held to three field goals and six points in the second as Brewer led 28-19 at halftime. The Mustangs out scored Brewer 18-10 in the third to pull within one and Grapevine hit 9 of 12 foul shots in the fourth while Brewer only attempted two free throws.

Terrance Ramirez scored a team high 17 points for Grapevine and went 7 of 9 from the stripe. Mitch Williams hit three threes and added 15.

Brewer was led by Carron Gibson’s 20 points. BJ Williams added 16.

Grapevine Faith 71, Bullard Brook Hill 62

Josh Davis scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Lions won their TAPPS 5A area round game on Tuesday, setting a new program record with 26 wins.

Faith rallied in the fourth quarter by out scoring Brook Hill 25-14.

Ben Kirschbaum and Andrew Bruster added 14 and 12 points.

The Lions recorded 13 three-pointers and 15 assists.

This story was originally published February 22, 2022 at 11:09 PM.