The Azle Hornets are taking a road trip to face off against the Aledo Bearcats at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Azle has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with four straight losses, while Aledo will come in with three straight victories.
Last Tuesday, Azle came up short against Brewer and fell 60-48.
Azle's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Cason Cook, who posted 13 points, and Jayden Taylor, who had 16 points and five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryce Robinson, who put up eight points.
Meanwhile, Aledo escaped with a win on Tuesday against Granbury by the margin of a single free throw, 54-53. Given the Bearcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 108th, while the Pirates are ranked 502nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Aledo pushed their record up to 20-4 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.4 points per game. As for Azle, their loss dropped their record down to 10-16.
Azle came up short against Aledo when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 71-59. Can Azle avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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