The Lady Rams avenged a season opening loss to Houston Bellaire by defeating the Lady Cardinals 56-47 in the Regional Quarterfinals. Akunna Elonu led the Lady Rams with an all around game finishing with 17 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assist and 6 steals. Crystal Porter who went down with a minor injury in the 2nd half came back to score 11 points and pull down 10 rebounds to go with 5 assist, 3 steals and 2 blocked shots. D'Jui continued to torch the nets with 11 points while Lillian Taylor and Jazmine Ocanas scored 8 and 7 points respectively. The Lady Rams will face a familiar foe in Clear Springs in the Regional tournament at the Cambell Center on Friday.
The Elsik Lady Rams won the district 18-5A championship for the 4th consecutive year. Since the 2008-2009 season The Lady Rams have never lost a district game going 48-0 in 4 district seasons. Friday night was also Senior night as Ashley Lewis, Natalia Garza, Jazmine Ocanas, Crystal Porter and Akunna Elonu were honored.
The Elsik Lady Rams went 2-2 in the annual Peggy Whitley Girls Tournament Decemebr 8-10 in Clear Creek. Elsik won their first two games defeating Laporte 45-41 and Elkins 51-31. In the Semi-finals the Lady Rams matched up against the #4 ranked team in the state Clear Springs. Playing without two starters due to injuries the Lady Rams fell 63-60 on a half court buzzer beating shot in overtime. In the 3rd place Cypress Woods defeated the Lady Rams 51-45. Akunna Elonu made the all-tournament team after scoring 27 points in 3rd place game. Eisenhower visits Elsik on Dcember 19 in a district game. Tipoff is set for 2pm.