KFDM COOP Posted December 13, 2007 Report Posted December 13, 2007 Titans ready for 21-5A openerBy Cody Pastorella The Port Arthur News Coming off an 89-68 loss to Yates on Saturday, the Memorial Titans have a 5-5 record going into District 21-5A play.By no means is Port Arthur's .500 record a disappointing one, however.Memorial opens league play when Humble comes to town on Friday night. That game is set to start at 7:30 in the Titans Gym.Humble is 6-6 so far this season and is led by seniors Vincent Cavalier and Dewayne Rogers. Cavalier is averaging 20.2 points per game. while Rogers is scoring 16.2 points per game.Memorial head coach Turrel Henderson said Humble has great veteran leadership; but with the schedule the Titans have played so far this season, Henderson also said there isn't anything his team hasn't seen.Memorial has played just one team in its 10 games that wasn't a strong opponent (beating Houston Heights 128-35).The Titans have played a number of top-ranked 4A and 5A opponents, including Ozen twice, FB Hightower,Houston Yates, Houston Bellaire and Smiley. Among those games, only Yates handed Memorial a lop-sided loss.In that Yates game, J'Covan Brown scored 36 of the team's 69 points. He was joined by Darius Harris, whodropped in eight points and grabbed six rebounds. Brown, Harris, JaKore Tyler and Jacovin Buckner, who tallied a season-high 20 points in a 72-67 overtime loss to Ozen on Dec. 4, round out the team's starting lineup.Big man Jordan Reno, Tevin Turner, Harry Brown and Shaquille White also see considerable minutes for the Titans."I think we're ready," Henderson said. "We kind of got back to the basics this week. The coaching staffwanted to get everyone in sync before district and I think the staff did a good job. We got to scout Humble Monday night and I think we are well prepared."With the schedule we have played, we are definitely battle-tested. We've played a very tough schedule for the purpose of getting better and getting prepared for district.
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