Basketball Game Recap: Hardaway Hawks vs. Shaw Raiders
By Team Reports
Dec 22, 2023, 11:47am
Recap: Hardaway Hawks vs. Shaw Raiders
Even though the Shaw Raiders scored an imposing 59 points on Thursday, the Hardaway Hawks still came out on top. Hardaway took their matchup against Shaw 69-59. This was payback for Hardaway, who suffered a 53-51 loss the last time these two teams met.
Hardaway had a senior duo take command as Lamell Mims dropped a double-double on 22 points and ten rebounds and Mekhi Benton scored 19 points along with three steals. The game was Benton's fifth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Antonio Dortch, who scored nine points along with six rebounds.
Hardaway is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season. As for Shaw, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-6.
Hardaway and McIntosh will face off at 12:30 p.m. on December 28th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Shaw will wrap up 2023 with a road trip to face off against Northside at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Northside has now lost eight straight, and the team is hunting for their first win since November 11.
