Dekaney entered their game against Nimitz on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Dekaney Wildcats took a 63-50 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Nimitz Cougars. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 645th, while the Cougars are ranked 307th).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Nimitz to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jimiren Ratliff, who went 7 for 13 on his way to 17 points and six rebounds. The contest was Ratliff's fourth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaden Bergeron, who went 5 of 12 on his way to 14 points.
Dekaney's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 11-13. As for Nimitz, the victory got them back to even at 13-13.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Dekaney will square off against Aldine at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Aldine's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three matchups. As for Nimitz, they will host MacArthur at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Nimitz is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.2 points per game this season.
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