The Alief Elsik Rams will square off against the Foster Falcons at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Foster took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Alief Elsik, who comes in off a win.
Foster will be up against a hot Alief Elsik team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Alief Elsik breezed by Alief Hastings to the tune of 61-34 on Thursday. Given the Rams' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 516th, while the Bears are ranked 1034th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Foster didn't have quite enough to beat George Ranch on Thursday and fell 54-51. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Falcons have suffered against the Longhorns since January 27, 2015.
This is the second loss in a row for Foster and nudges their season record down to 13-10. As for Alief Elsik, their win bumped their record up to 12-16.
Alief Elsik came up short against Foster in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, falling 60-48. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Foster's Jaron Martin, who went 13 of 16 en route to 29 points in addition to seven assists and five boards. Now that Alief Elsik 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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