Lion Basketball Season Ends With Loss to Burkburnett

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Brownwood’s nemesis in the basketball playoffs, Burkburnett, used a huge four quarter to defeat the Lions 77-70 Monday night in Breckenridge for the bi-district championship.

District 6-4A third seed Brownwood (13-10) and District 5-4A runner-up Burkburnett (16-9) were knotted at 47 heading into the fourth period, where the Bulldogs tallied 30 points – with 13 coming from senior guard Keland Page, who finished with 24 points overall.

Bryson Monroe led the Lions with 20 points followed by Christian Kinzler with 15, Jakob Hataway and Luke Moss with 13 each, Felts with five and Zach Porter with four.

Read the full account of the game, with photos by Derrick Stuckly, on Brownwoodnews.com.