For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last four times Klein Forest and Klein Oak have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Tuesday. The Eagles lost 78-53 to the Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 849th, while the Panthers are ranked 38th).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Klein Oak to victory, but perhaps none more so than Marcus Epps, who went 5-for-11 en route to 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Rakin Ali, who shot 71% from the field on his way to 13 points and three steals.
Klein Forest's loss dropped their record down to 4-17. As for Klein Oak, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 21-3 record this season.
Klein Forest has already played their next game, a 61-54 defeat against Tomball Memorial on the 23rd. As for Klein Oak, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 56-37 win against Klein Collins on the 23rd.
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