If Temple was riding high fresh off their 135-58 takedown of Varsity Opponent on Saturday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Wildcats lost to the Clear Lake Falcons on the road by a 77-58 margin on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 460th, while the Falcons are ranked 129th).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Clear Lake to victory, but perhaps none more so than Damon Miles, who went 6-for-10 on his way to 27 points and five boards. That makes it four consecutive games in which Miles has scored at least a third of the Falcons' points. Another player making a difference was Tanner Richards, who shot 44% from the field en route to 23 points and five rebounds.
Temple's defeat dropped their record down to 11-8. As for Clear Lake, the win snapped their losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 14-7 record.
Temple didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 64-51 loss against University on the 29th. As for Clear Lake, they have also already played their next contest, a 75-47 victory against Midway on the 30th.
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