The Alief Hastings Bears will face off against the Alief Elsik Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Alief Hastings has now lost seven straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since December 10.
Last Friday, Alief Hastings lost to George Ranch at home by a 58-39 margin. 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 1041st, while the Longhorns are ranked 206th).
Meanwhile, Alief Elsik hadn't done well against Alief Taylor recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Alief Elsik walked away with a 44-37 victory over Alief Taylor. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Rams.
Alief Hastings' loss dropped their record down to 3-15. As for Alief Elsik, their win bumped their record up to 11-16.
Alief Hastings came up short against Alief Elsik in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, falling 59-53. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Alief Elsik's Timothy Ofesi, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 11 boards. Now that Alief Hastings knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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