The Alamo Heights Mules will challenge the Veterans Memorial Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Alamo Heights came up into this matchup off a tough 58-point defeat on Friday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Tivy by a score of 44-41 on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Mules can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 440th, while the Antlers are ranked 180th).
Alamo Heights might have lost, but man, Berkley Hart was a machine: she dropped a double-double on 24 points and 16 boards. That was a full 58.5% of Alamo Heights' points, marking the sixth time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points. Kendall Barker was another key player, putting up nine points.
Meanwhile, Veterans Memorial lost to Boerne-Champion at home by a 60-44 margin on Tuesday. The loss continues a trend for the Patriots in their matchups with the Chargers: they've now lost nine in a row.
Veterans Memorial's defeat dropped their record down to 5-20. As for Alamo Heights, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 10-14.
Everything went Alamo Heights' way against Veterans Memorial when the teams last played back in November of 2024, as Alamo Heights made off with a 61-38 victory. Will Alamo Heights repeat their success, or does Veterans Memorial have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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