Ridge Point has won seven straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Fort Bend Clements has won seven straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The Ridge Point Panthers will host the Fort Bend Clements Rangers at 7:00 p.m. Ridge Point has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Last Friday, everything went Ridge Point's way against Fort Bend Dulles as Ridge Point made off with a 66-45 win. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 26th, while the Vikings are ranked 816th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Fort Bend Clements was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 72-68 to Fort Bend Hightower. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (56), the Rangers still had to take the loss.
Ridge Point will have to contain Aziz Olajuwon as he made an impact in Fort Bend Clements' last game. He almost dropped a double-double on 29 points and nine rebounds. That was a full 42.6% of Fort Bend Clements' points, marking the fourth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Malik Olajuwon, who had 16 points and six assists.
Even though they lost, Fort Bend Clements smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive rebounds in three consecutive games.
Fort Bend Clements' loss dropped their record down to 14-10. As for Ridge Point, they have been performing well recently as they've won 13 of their last 17 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season.
Ridge Point strolled past Fort Bend Clements in their previous meeting on January 4th by a score of 53-36. Will Ridge Point repeat their success, or does Fort Bend Clements have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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