2011 should be a better season for the Bowie Bulldawgs after being knocked out of the playoffs in 2010. The Bulldawgs have returning starter Paul Baxter who should lead this team in scoring throughout the season, along with Baxter the Bulldawgs have Sr transfer M. Isom who should be able to take some of the pressure off Baxter in the scoring department. Missing from this years team will be Connor Robinson, and the Dawgs will have to find someone to take his place on this team. Robinson lead the team in rebounding last year giving the Dawgs extra opportunities on the offensive end.
This first week for the Bulldawgs started slow like many others around Central Texas. Scoring in the first quarter of most games this first week was down with most teams averaging around 12 points and the Bowie Bulldawgs and SA O'Connor were no different. At the end of one quarter of play SA O'Connor manged to put up 10 points to Bowie's 9, and the second quarter was no different. Bowie did manage a small run in the second and lead at half time 20 to 16.
The third and forth quarters were much of the same with individual players on both teams trying to pad their own stats at the end of three Bowie lead by ten 37 to 27. In the end the Bowie Bulldawgs managed to win convincingly 50 to 37 however, with only two players scoring 74% of the total points scored there just wasn't much effort made to involve the rest of the team. I feel this strategy if it continues will end up hurting the Bulldawgs again this season and we may see them out of the playoffs early.
With a team like Del Valle who scored 93 points against a strong Hendrickson team in their season opener, Del Valle had three players in double figures and six other players contributing to their overall scoring effort. If the Bulldawgs don't find a way to get other players involved in the offense it may be another short season for the Red and Black.
Bowie 50, SA O'Connor 37
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA O'Connor | 10 | 6 | 11 | 10 | — | 37 |
| Bowie | 9 | 11 | 17 | 13 | — | 50 |
OHS: Ugunfeitim 15, Forey 5, Cluter 1, Johnson 1, Thomas 5, Hubbard 2, Serdin 2, Woods 6.
BHS: Harris 2, Baxter 20, Isom 17, Smith 5, Nunnery 6.
Records: B: 1-0, O: 0-1.
BHS: Harris 2, Baxter 20, Isom 17, Smith 5, Nunnery 6.
Records: B: 1-0, O: 0-1.
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