Alief Elsik is 1-9 against Alief Taylor since December of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Alief Elsik Rams are taking a road trip to challenge the Alief Taylor Lions at 7:00 p.m.
On Tuesday, Alief Elsik came up short against Fulshear and fell 51-44. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 416th, while the Chargers are ranked 84th).
Meanwhile, Alief Taylor entered their tilt with George Ranch on Tuesday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They really took it to the Longhorns for the full four quarters, racking up a 74-41 win. The Lions have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight contests by 21 points or more this season.
Alief Taylor has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.4 points per game. As for Alief Elsik, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-7.
Alief Elsik didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Alief Taylor in their previous meeting back in January, but they still walked away with a 41-37 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Alief Elsik since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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