BROWNSVILLE — The Brownsville Hanna Eagles went undefeated, 6-0, on their home court in the BISD boys basketball tournament.
The Eagles defeated the Port Isabel Tarpons 62-38 to capture the BISD boys championship Saturday at Brownsville Hanna High School.
“Super proud,” Brownsville Hanna head coach Fermin Lucio said. “We had two guys go down with injury and guys were tired, six games in three days, but we had a lot of young guys step up. Guys off the bench that do not really play a lot of minutes, this tournament they got a lot more minutes and stepped up when needed to.”
Eagles guards Kevin Flores and Ricardo Roman led the team in scoring. Flores had 17 points and Roman finished with 15 points.
Roman was named tournament MVP.
“I told the team before we started that we were going to win and that I was going for the MVP,” Roman said. “It feels good to be able to back up my talk.”
The District 32-6A Eagles flexed their size against the District 32-4A Tarpons, grabbed a comfortable lead early and maintained it throughout.
Brownsville Hanna ran through most of the competition at home. Only Brownsville Pace on Friday gave the Eagles trouble, and that game ended 48-46.
“One of the goals that these guys had to begin this tournament was to defend our home court,” Lucio said. “Being a Brownsville tournament, we really wanted a Brownsville team to win and we wanted to be that team.”
Brownsville Hanna has started the season strong with a 12-4 record and has set high expectations.
“I feel like we are going to win district,” Roman said. “Undefeated hopefully, but we should win district this year.”
The Tarpons defeated the Brownsville Lopez Lobos to earn a spot in the championship game.
“Overall, it was a great experience for us,” Port Isabel head coach Gilbert Rodriguez said. “We got to practice against a lot of things we need to work on. We got to see some good things and a lot of good teams here, especially Hanna.”
Cleveland and Jeffery Smith both scored eight points for the Tarpons.
“The expectations have not changed the past five or six years,” Rodriguez said. “We have had a successful program, and we want to maintain that success and work on getting better.”