Photos: Lancaster beats Killeen Ellison for Texas high school state basketball title

Dillon Battie's monster outing leads Lancaster to Class 5A state championship

Dillon Battie finished with 17 points, 19 boards and four assists — all game-highs — to lead Lancaster to a Texas high school state basketball title on Saturday.

Battie, a Temple commit, helped the Tigers dominate the interior (28-18 points in the paint), the glass (43-25 rebound advantage) on their way to a UIL Class 5A state championship.

Here is a photo gallery from the game:

PHOTO GALLERY

All photos by Tommy Hays.

-- Andy Buhler | andy@scorebooklive.com | @sblivetx

Published Mar 10, 2024

ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.

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