Basketball Recap: Alief Hastings Comes Up Short

Alief Hastings has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They lost 65-39 to the Tyler Lions on Friday. 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 214th, while the Lions are ranked 54th).

Alief Hastings' loss dropped their record down to 14-6. As for Tyler, the win was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 18-4.

Alief Hastings and Southwest will face off at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. As for Tyler, they and Mesquite will face off at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played.