The Aledo Bearcats will venture away from home to challenge the Azle Hornets at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Aledo has four straight wins, Azle has ten straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Aledo is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Granbury: they outscored them in every quarter. Aledo blew past Granbury 49-28 on Friday. The Bearcats have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 matches by 21 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Azle took a blow against Brewer on Friday, falling 60-26. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 939th, while the Bears are ranked 87th).
Aledo is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a massive bump to their 20-11 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.4 points per game. As for Azle, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-24.
Everything came up roses for Aledo against Azle in their previous meeting back in January, as the team secured a 64-35 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Aledo since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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