Fort Bend Dulles is 2-8 against the Rangers since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Fort Bend Dulles Vikings will face off against the Fort Bend Clements Rangers at 7:00 p.m. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Fort Bend Dulles has struggled recently with nine losses in a row, while the Rangers will arrive with 27 straight wins.
While it was all tied up 24-24 at halftime, Fort Bend Dulles was not quite the Knights' equal in the second half on Friday. Fort Bend Dulles took a 55-44 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Knights. While losing is never fun, Fort Bend Dulles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 306th, while the Knights are ranked 54th).
Even though Fort Bend Clements has not done well against the Hurricanes recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Fort Bend Clements blew past the Hurricanes 53-27. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point Fort Bend Clements had established a 22 point advantage.
Fort Bend Dulles has traveled a rocky road recently having lost ten of their last 11 contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 14-17 record this season. As for Fort Bend Clements, they pushed their record up to 27-0 with that win, which was their 15th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Fort Bend Dulles opened the new year with a less-than-successful 63-52 defeat to the Rangers. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fort Bend Clements' Divine Ugochukwu, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 11 assists. Now that Fort Bend Dulles knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
