Basketball Game Preview: Hiram Hornets vs. Cartersville Hurricanes

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Previous Games

12/13/24 - Away	61-62 L
02/09/24 - Home	64-49 W
01/23/24 - Away	82-62 W
02/10/23 - Away	90-50 W
01/24/23 - Home	59-35 W
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Hiram has gone 8-1 against Cartersville recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Hiram Hornets will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cartersville Hurricanes at 7:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Last Friday, Hiram humbled Woodland with an 83-56 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hornets.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Cartersville, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They put the hurt on Cass with a sharp 76-52 win on Tuesday.

Cartersville pushed their record up to 11-10 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.7 points per game. As for Hiram, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-11.

Hiram and Cartersville were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, but Hiram came up empty-handed after a 62-61 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cartersville's Nas Bennett, who went 8 of 15 on his way to 23 points and five rebounds. Now that Hiram knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.