Basketball Game Preview: Highlands Golden Rams vs. Burrell Bucs

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Previous Games

12/02/22 - Home	78-40 W
12/27/18 - Home	67-30 W
12/28/17 - Home	57-42 W
12/22/16 - Home	72-39 W
02/02/16 - Away	85-71 W
+ 3 more games

Highlands is 8-0 against Burrell since January of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Highlands Golden Rams will look to defend their home court against the Burrell Bucs at 7:30 p.m. Highlands is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.

Highlands is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 59 points last Tuesday, they were much more limited against Hampton on Tuesday. They had to suffer through a 65-30 loss at the hands of the Talbots.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Burrell). They blew past Leechburg 77-39 on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Bucs have posted since December 12, 2023.

Highlands' defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Burrell, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.

Everything came up roses for Highlands against Burrell in their previous meeting back in December of 2022, as the team secured a 78-40 win. Will Highlands repeat their success, or does Burrell have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.