If Van Vleck was feeling good fresh off their 75-33 takedown of Hempstead last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Van Vleck Leopards took a 65-55 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Hitchcock Bulldogs on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Leopards can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1148th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 169th).
Van Vleck lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Carlysia Gibson, who posted 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kailey Paschall, who scored ten points.
Van Vleck's defeat was their sixth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 7-17. As for Hitchcock, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 17-4.
Van Vleck didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 54-37 win against Brazos on the 14th. Hitchcock has also already played their next game, a 72-46 victory against East Bernard on the 14th.
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