Jesuit Dallas punched its ticket to the UIL Region 2-6A Area Round with a convincing, 63-47 win over Lakeview Centennial on Tuesday evening at Naaman Forest H.S. The Rangers will next College Park in the second round of the playoffs on Friday evening at a time and place to be determined.
 
Senior Michael Jankovich led the way with a double-double, with 30 points and 10 rebounds. The senior hit 11-of-15 shots and buried six three-pointers. Fellow senior Keagan Nwosu converted 5-of-7 shots for 10 points while senior Reid Hatzmann led the squad with nine assists. The Rangers shot 57.5 percent from the field and 43.8 percent from range to clinch the victory.
 
How it Happened
 

• The two teams battled out of the gate, with Jesuit Dallas securing a 12-8 lead after the first quarter. Jankovich scored eight of the team's first 12 points while Lakeview Centennial hit a pair of three-pointers in the opening stanza.t
   
• The Rangers scored four points in the final minute of the first before back-to-back three-pointers from Jankovich spotted Jesuit a 10-point lead with 6:42 remaining in the first half. In total, a 16-3 run in which Jesuit shot 5-of-6 from the floor and 3-of-4 from behind the arc resulted in a 13-point lead for the Blue and Gold, capped by a traditional three-point play that provided Jankovich with his 20th point of the contest.
   
• Lakeview Centennial snapped its slump down the stretch of the second quarter, shooting 6-of-9 from the floor and 2-of-3 from range to cut the Jesuit Dallas lead to two points heading into the halftime break.
   
• Jesuit smothered the Patriots to begin the second half, as Lakeview Centennial shot 1-of-11 over the duration of the third quarter while Jesuit was able to build a 19-point lead with a 17-2 run.?
   
• The Patriots made one final push at the Jesuit lead in the fourth quarter, but the Rangers kept the rally at bay by converting 6-of-7 fourth quarter free-throw attempts to move to the next round.

 
Inside the Box Score
 

• Jesuit out-rebounded Lakeview Centennial, 35-22. The Rangers also scored 30 points in the paint, adding six points off of four Patriot turnovers.
   
• Over their six-game winning streak, the Rangers have averaged 8.5 made three-pointers per game while outscoring opponents by 18.5 points per game. In addition, Jesuit has out-rebounded foes by 9.5 boards per game while shooting 48.9 percent from the field over the six-game stretch.

 
Up Next
 
Jesuit Dallas will advance to the UIL Area Round and prepare to take on College Station at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24 at Waco University High School.