After soaring to 57 points the game before, Fort Elliott was a bit more limited in their contest on Tuesday. They took a blow against the Valley Patriots, falling 73-26. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1115th, while the Patriots are ranked 336th).
It was another big night for Kanyon Taylor, who went 9 for 12 on his way to 22 points in addition to eight rebounds and seven blocks for Valley. Taylor has been hot, having posted three or more blocks the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Corbin Taylor, who went 5 for 8 on his way to 14 points and five rebounds.
Fort Elliott's loss dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Valley, the win was the 14th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-1.
Fort Elliott will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Shamrock at 12:30 p.m. on December 28th. As for Valley, they will head out to challenge Aspermont at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Valley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 64.9 points per game this season.
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