Basketball Game Preview: Lake Dallas Falcons vs. Aledo Bearcats

The Lake Dallas Falcons and the Aledo Bearcats will round out the year against one another at at 11:30 a.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Lake Dallas is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Gainesville 81-47. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Falcons have posted since November 11, 2023.

Meanwhile, Aledo came tearing into Friday's match with nine straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They slipped by the Rangers 54-53. Given the Bearcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 53rd, while the Rangers are ranked 200th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Aledo's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-1. As for Lake Dallas, their win bumped their record up to 6-10.

Lake Dallas suffered a grim 54-34 defeat to Aledo when the teams last played back in December of 2020. Can Lake Dallas avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.