PFLUGERVILLE, Texas -- Stymied by a 39 percent shooting effort and 14 first-half turnovers, the state-ranked Pflugerville Panthers saw their seven-game win streak end Tuesday with a 59-53 loss to Waco Midway. The Panthers, ranked atop the state 5A standings this week in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches/Texas Preps Basketball Magazine poll, are now 7-1. Junior forward Adesuwa Ebomwonyi (pictured) who collected a double-double with 13 points and a game-high 10 rebounds to go with three assists and three steals, led the Pflugerville effort. 

Two other P'ville players were in double-figure scoring. Junior post DyMesheon Hyder added 11 points and sophomore forward Itiana Taylor finished with 10 points. Taylor also had eight rebounds.

Midway, the defending State 4A champion, is now 5-4, with all four losses coming at the hands of top-ranked state 5A opponents. Midway was led by a game-high 19 points from 5-9 senior guard and leading scorer Mackenzie Robertson, daughter of Baylor women's basketball head coach Kim Mulkey, and 5-10 junior guard Toi Gober (18 points).

Pflugerville found itself behind after the first quarter, 18-7, as Midway used fast break opportunities and two 3-pointers from Robertsonto jump out to the lead. The Panthers cut Midway's lead to three (26-23) at intermission by out-scoring the visiting Panthers 16-8 in the second period behind Hyder (eight first half points) and Ebomwonyi (five points, three steals). P'ville was hurt by 14 first half turnovers - the most in a half this season.   

In the second half, Pflugerville never gained the lead, but came to within two points early in the final quarter, 40-38, on an Ebomwonyi putback. Midway countered with a 3-pointer on its next possession to push the lead to 43-38, and P'ville would get no closer than three points the rest of the way.

Pflugerville went eight-for-14 in free throws and held a 35-30 edge in rebounding. The Panthers turned the ball over just five times in the second half and ended with 19 turnovers, the same number as Midway. The Midway Panthers finished the game shooting 45.5 percent from the field, hitting 20 of 44 shots, including five 3-pointers. Midway was 13-for-18 from the foul line.

Pflugerville now breaks for the Thanksgiving holiday and will return to action on Tuesday, Dec. 1 when it faces its second consecutive state-ranked opponent when Bryan comes to Pflugerville for a 7 p.m. contest. Bryan (5-1) is ranked 20th in the 5A poll.