From Flower Mound Leader: As the District 8-5A girls basketball season continues to progress, so to does the defense of Marcus. That much was evident Tuesday, as the Lady Marauders shut down a Plano East squad that had previously posted 72 points against them in a 39-29 victory. Read more@
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From DallasNews.com: Meg Boutwell, Flower Mound High School guard, made two free throws with about five seconds left to give Flower Mound a 59-57 win vs. Hebron. Read more@
From NewsOK: The night before Oklahoma State was blistered at Baylor, Cowboys recruits Marcus Smart and Phil Forte were having a better time on the hardwood, leading their Flower Mound Marcus squad to a 49-35 win over Hebron. It was another step on the path to defending their Texas Class 5A state title for the Marauders, ranked No. 1 in Texas and No. 15 nationally by USA Today. Read more@
From DentonRC.com: Karen Aston didn’t need long to pick out the key attributes of her best players in her first season as North Texas head coach. That was particularly true of former Flower Mound standout Laura McCoy (Facebook). The sophomore is taking on a key role as UNT’s primary ball handler this year. Read more@
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From ESPN: The basketball season is in full swing, so it’s time to debut our weekly rankings. The new top 10s are led by teams that finished last year as the best in Dallas-Fort Worth. Flower Mound Marcus’ boys (5A), Dallas Kimball’s boys (4A) and Irving MacArthur’s girls (5A) won state championships last year and are all No. 1 in this year’s first polls. Read more@
From Flower Mound Leader: With 2.2 seconds remaining in Friday night’s game against Plano East (0-3 in district), Flower Mound’s Brett Bell sank two free throws to secure the overtime win. But that was far from the most dramatic moment of the night for Bell, who needed to hit a 3-pointer at the end of regulation just to force overtime in an eventual 65-60 Flower Mound (1-2) victory. Read more@
From ESPN: The battle for fifth place in the Whataburger Tournament Orange Bracket between ESPNHS Fab 50 No. 4 Flower Mound Marcus and and No. 33 DeSoto was a waiting game. >> Read more@
From Star-Telegram.com: What started off as one of the better days in the history of the Richland basketball program ended in frustration.Hours after knocking off two-time defending Whataburger Orange champion and Class 5A No. 1 Flower Mound Marcus on Thursday afternoon, the No. 9 Rebels fell 77-67 to Milwaukee King in the tournament semifinals Thursday night. >> Read more@
From ESPN: Flower Mound Marcus came up with the big shots when they were needed most to pull out a 42-40 win over Montrose Christian (Md.), the No. 4 team in the nation, on Thursday night in front of a packed house at Lewisville High School. >> Read more @
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