Basketball Recap: Spring Takes a Loss

The Spring Lions came up short against the Heights Bulldogs on Tuesday and fell 67-57. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 388th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 65th).

Jaylan Tran

Steals

12/16/25 vs Heights	5
12/13/25 vs Montgomery	2
12/11/25 vs Bridge City	4
12/06/25 vs The Woodlands Christian Academy	2
12/05/25 vs Killeen	4
12/04/25 vs Manvel	2

When it comes to explaining why Spring lost, don't look at Jaylan Tran. Despite the final result, he went 5-for-11 on his way to 15 points and five steals. Tran is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in each of the last six games he's played. Another player making a difference was Jaylen Gant, who posted ten points.

Heights was led to victory by Eric (EJ) Beard and Micah Malone. Beard shot 60% from the field to rack up 23 points, while Malone went 6-for-10 en route to 13 points and three steals. That makes it four consecutive games in which Beard has scored at least a third of the Bulldogs' points. Jameson Bailey was another key player, putting up five points along with eight boards and four steals.

Spring now has a losing record of 9-10. As for Heights, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season.

Spring will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Grand Oaks at 7:00 p.m. on the 30th. The Lions will need to watch out since the Grizzlies have now posted at least 55 points in their last six matchups. As for Heights, they have already played their next game, a 61-46 win against Freeman on the 19th.