Basketball Game Preview: STEM School Highlands Ranch Spartans vs. Alameda Pirates

The STEM School Highlands Ranch Spartans will face off against the Alameda Pirates at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. STEM School Highlands Ranch has now lost 12 straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since December 7.

STEM School Highlands Ranch is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Loveland Classical on Wednesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. STEM School Highlands Ranch was dealt a 35-2 loss at the hands of Loveland Classical. The contest marked the Spartans' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Elizabeth Hegemann was STEM School Highlands Ranch's leading scorer, having posted two points.

Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Alameda's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They took a 52-35 bruising from Fort Lupton.

STEM School Highlands Ranch's defeat dropped their record down to 1-14. As for Alameda, their loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 9-4.

STEM School Highlands Ranch was taken down by Alameda 42-6 when the teams last played back in December of 2024. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point STEM School Highlands Ranch was down 24-0.