Basketball Recap: Harrisville Piles Up the Points Against Hammond Central

Pirates

Margin (Wins)

01/27/25 vs Hammond Central	52
01/16/25 vs Morristown Central	44
12/07/24 vs Colton-Pierrepont	39
12/06/24 vs Edwards-Knox	35
12/18/24 @ Morristown Central	31

Harrisville won the last time they faced Hammond Central and things went their way on Monday too. The Harrisville Pirates claimed a resounding 78-26 victory over the Hammond Central Red Devils. The Pirates have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine contests by 20 points or more this season.

Harrisville's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Liam Winters led the charge by putting up 20 points. The dominant performance gave Winters a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Joe Shepherd, who posted 21 points.

Harrisville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.2 points per game. As for Hammond Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-4.

Harrisville is taking a road trip to square off against Hermon-DeKalb Central at 7:00 p.m. on February 3rd. Harrisville knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matches -- so hopefully Hermon-DeKalb Central likes a good challenge. Hammond Central has already played their next contest (against Tupper Lake), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.