The Belton Tigers will face off against the Ellison Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Belton sitting on four straight wins and Ellison on seven.
It was a proper cat-fight when Belton challenged Chaparral on Tuesday. Belton blew past Chaparral 63-40. The Tigers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 contests by 23 points or more this season.
University typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Ellison proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 59-51 victory over the Trojans. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 33rd, while the Trojans are ranked 101st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ellison has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.5 points per game. As for Belton, their win was their 12th straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 25-5.
Belton suffered a grim 71-49 defeat to Ellison in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Can Belton avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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