Alief Taylor is 8-2 against Alief Elsik since December of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Alief Taylor Lions will be home for the holidays to greet the Alief Elsik Rams at 7:00 p.m. Alief Taylor will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak (dating back to last season) alive.
Last Tuesday, Alief Taylor came up short against Shadow Creek and fell 52-42. Alief Taylor has struggled against Shadow Creek recently, as their contest on Tuesday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Despite the loss, Alief Taylor had strong showings from Nataliyah Gray, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten rebounds, and Mya Rhea, who scored nine points. Gray scored a full 45.2% of Alief Taylor's points, the 18th time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Meanwhile, Alief Elsik also suffered a loss in their last game, but this one to Dawson by a score of 47-37. 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 537th, while Dawson is ranked 98th).
Alief Taylor's loss dropped their record down to 12-6. As for Alief Elsik, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-10.
Everything went Alief Taylor's way against Alief Elsik when the teams last played back in January as Alief Taylor made off with a 51-31 victory. Does Alief Taylor have another victory up their sleeve, or will Alief Elsik turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
