Basketball Game Preview: Strake Jesuit Fighting Crusaders vs. Alief Elsik Rams

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Previous Games

01/03/25 - Away	53-46 W
01/24/24 - Home	73-58 W
12/19/23 - Away	33-53 L
01/24/23 - Away	68-51 W
12/20/22 - Home	89-36 W
+ 5 more games

Strake Jesuit is 8-2 against Alief Elsik since January of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Strake Jesuit Fighting Crusaders will host the Alief Elsik Rams at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Strake Jesuit sitting on eight straight victories and Alief Elsik on four.

On Saturday, Strake Jesuit earned a 45-36 win over George Ranch.

Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Alief Elsik beat Foster 46-41 on Saturday. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Rams' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 516th, while the Falcons are ranked 217th).

Alief Elsik's win bumped their record up to 13-16. As for Strake Jesuit, they are also on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season.

Strake Jesuit was able to grind out a solid victory over Alief Elsik in their previous matchup on January 3rd, winning 53-46. Does Strake Jesuit have another victory up their sleeve, or will Alief Elsik turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.