Summit downs Burleson Centennial, 67-23

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The Burleson Buzz

BURLESON – Theo Brennan scored a game-high 16 points as the No. 3 Summit Jaguars beat the No. 13 Centennial Spartans 67-23 Friday at Centennial High School.

Summit (9-0 in district, 23-6 overall) never trailed on its way to its seventh straight win, handing Centennial (7-2, 24-6) its first loss after a 10-game winning streak.

After a low-scoring first quarter – Summit outscored Centennial 10-1 – Summit outscored Centennial 31-11 in the second and never looked back.

The junior guard Brennan scored 14 of his 16 points in Summit’s big second quarter.

After the game, Summit head coach Emund Prichett said he’s excited for Brennan and proud of him.

“Nothing is surprising with [Brennan],” Prichett said. “He just plays and plays the right way, plays as hard as he can.”

Brennan added two rebounds and two assists and led the game with three three-pointers, which was as many as Centennial made as a team. Also scoring double digits for Summit was junior forward Michael Gibbs and junior guard Caleb Richard with 12 each and senior forward Ian Sedah with 11.

Richard finished with a game-high seven rebounds and two assists and a block. Sedah finished with five rebounds, an assist, a block and a steal.

Sophomore guard Dontre Grandberry led Centennial with 12 points and finished with a team-high four rebounds and an assist and a steal. Senior guard Trisitn Flowers led Centennial with two assists and two steals.

Summit’s victory secured a season sweep over Centennial after winning the first matchup 63-51 December 20 at Summit High School.

Sitting in first place of District 8-5A, Summit–the No. 3-ranked 5A team in Texas behind the No. 1 Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial Eagles (29-0) and No. 2 Fort Bend Marshall Buffaloes (28-2)–can clinch the playoffs next week with wins over the Joshua Owls (3-6, 13-16) Tuesday and the Burleson Elks (4-5, 19-12) Friday.

Prichett said Summit is still “just trying to get better” and play their “type of basketball” as it works toward its goal of winning the state championship.

“You can work toward winning a state championship, but you can’t win it today,” Prichett said. “We’ve just to work to get better and hopefully play our best game in the last game of the year.”

Summit returns home to face Joshua Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Summit High School before heading back to Burleson to face Burleson Friday at 7 p.m. at Burleson High School.

Summit beat Joshua 72-42 January 3 at Joshua and beat Burleson 72-32 Jan. 7 at Summit in its first matchups of the 2024-25 season with the two district rivals.

Joshua is coming off a 52-38 win over the Cleburne Yellow Jackets (0-9, 5-22) Friday at Joshua High School.

With the loss, Centennial’s winning streak stopped at 10 straight victories. Centennial’s 5A ranking improved to No. 13 from No. 23 Monday during its winning streak.

Centennial will look to get back in the win column when it faces the Arlington-Seguin Cougars (5-4, 16-13) Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Seguin High School in Arlington.

Centennial beat Seguin 63-57 Jan. 3 at Centennial in a back-and-forth game in their first matchup of the 2024-25 season.

Seguin — whose four district losses have come at the hands of District 8-5A’s top-25 ranked Summit, Centennial and the No. 23 Mansfield-Timberview Wolves — is coming off an 80-55 win over the Everman Bulldogs (1-8, 7-20) Friday in Arlington.