Alief Taylor is 9-1 against Alief Elsik since January of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Alief Taylor Lions will head out on the road to square off against the Alief Elsik Rams at 7:00 p.m. Alief Taylor is hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Alief Taylor pushed their score all the way to 58 on Wednesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 62-58 hit to the loss column at the hands of Shadow Creek. Alief Taylor has not had much luck with Shadow Creek recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Despite the defeat, Alief Taylor got a solid performance out of Nataliyah Gray, who dropped a double-double on 32 points and ten blocks. Gray has been hot recently, having posted two or more blocks the last seven times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Morgan Maldonado, who scored eight points.
Meanwhile, Alief Elsik came up short against Dawson on Wednesday and fell 41-31. While losing is never fun, Alief Elsik can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 510th, while Dawson is ranked 111th).
Alief Taylor has traveled a rocky road recently, as they've lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 17-11 record this season. As for Alief Elsik, their loss dropped their record down to 12-16.
Alief Taylor didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Alief Elsik when the teams last played back in December of 2023, but they still walked away with a 43-39 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Alief Taylor since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
