Basketball Game Preview: Alief Hastings Bears vs. Alief Elsik Rams

The Alief Hastings Bears are taking a road trip to challenge the Alief Elsik Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.

On Friday, Alief Hastings ended up a good deal behind Kingwood Park and lost 48-34. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1139th, while the Panthers are ranked 454th).

Meanwhile, Alief Elsik came up short against Clear Springs on Friday and fell 55-45. The Rams haven't had much luck with the Chargers recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.

Alief Elsik's defeat dropped their record down to 6-10. As for Alief Hastings, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 3-9.

Things could have been worse for Alief Hastings, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 53-37 loss to Alief Elsik in their previous meeting back in February. Can Alief Hastings avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.