Monitor Photo/Blaine Clamon
Mabank's Luke Carter (No. 3 in white) guards Kemp's Zaki Brown (No. 3 in orange) during the District game between Kemp and Mabank Feb. 10.
 

Monitor Photo/Blaine Clamon
Panther Carter Sims (No. 4) attempts a free throw at the District game held between Kemp and Mabank Feb. 10. 

MABANK—The Kemp Yellowjackets and Mabank Panthers met for the second and final time in the 2026 regular season Feb. 10 for a District 15-4A matchup on the court at Mabank High School.
During the 37-point win, Mabank senior superstar Luke Carter surpassed 2,000 career points, all while playing in Class 4A, which his head coach (and father) Tracy Carter says is a "pretty neat feat."
Carter, who led the Panthers on the night with 27 points, scored the first 5 points of the contest, which included a field goal and 3-pointer, giving Mabank an opening 5-0 lead. Kemp answered with a basket courtesy of Preston Sullivan, trailing 5-2. Next, Cullen McFaul and Carter Sims both had 3 points for Mabank during a 6-0 stretch as the Panthers built their lead to 11-2.
Zaki Brown’s Yellowjacket 3-pointer trimmed the score to 11-5 with 3:48 left in the first quarter. Carter then had 5 points in an ensuing 10-0 Panther run to extend Mabank's lead to 21-5. At 22-7, Sims scored the next 4 points as the Panthers now led 26-7 at the end of the first quarter.
Angel Lara's Mabank free throw made it 28-7 before Jake Tucker of Kemp hit a 3-pointer, then Kemp's Kaysen Stevenson’s free throw cut the Mabank lead to 28-11 with 6:07 left until halftime. Brody Stephen’s 3-pointer and Sims’ free throw extended the Panther advantage to 32-11 with 3:14 remaining before the half. Sullivan cut it to 32-13 for Kemp before the Panther duo of Carter and and McFaul made single free throws to increase the Mabank halftime lead to 34-13. The Panthers outscored the Yellowjackets 20-6 in the third quarter to lead 54-19 to go into the final quarter.
Next up, both teams play Friday, Feb. 13, as the Panthers host District-leading Athens in their Senior Night home finale, which Coach Carter calls pivotal for the playoffs. The Yellowjackets travel to Van that same night. Both games tip off about 7:30 p.m.