Basketball Game Preview: Ellison Eagles vs. Temple Wildcats

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Previous Games

11/26/24 - Home	74-49 W
02/15/22 - Home	77-50 W
01/21/22 - Away	66-54 W
02/12/21 - Neutral	0-2 L
01/19/21 - Home	89-52 W
+ 5 more games

Ellison has gone 9-1 against Temple recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Eagles just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. Both teams are still undefeated after three games, but that won't be the case come Tuesday.

Ellison is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Stony Point: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Eagles blew the Tigers out of the water with a 73-35 final score. The Eagles pushed the score to 53-20 by the end of the third, a deficit the Tigers had no chance of recovering from.

Meanwhile, Temple was fully in charge on Monday, breezing past Brenham 88-60.

Ellison's victory bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Temple, their win bumped their record up to an identical 3-0.

Everything went Ellison's way against Temple when the teams last played back in November of 2024, as Ellison made off with a 74-49 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Eagles since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.