Basketball Game Preview: Holy Innocents Episcopal Golden Bears vs. Hardaway Hawks

By Team Reports Feb 27, 2024, 3:02am

Preview: Holy Innocents Episcopal Golden Bears vs. Hardaway Hawks

The Holy Innocents Episcopal Golden Bears will head out on the road to challenge the Hardaway Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Holy Innocents Episcopal comes in on 18 and Hardaway on 22.

Holy Innocents Episcopal extended their postseason success on Friday against Luella. They took down the Lions 76-59. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.

In what's become a running theme this season, Hardaway gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. They claimed a resounding 64-33 win over Griffin at home. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point Hardaway had established a 22 point advantage.

Akilah Shelton was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 18 points and 14 rebounds. She hasn't dropped below two steals for nine straight games. Another player making a difference was Adazha Burrell, who scored 15 points along with seven steals.

Holy Innocents Episcopal is on a roll lately: they've won 19 of their last 21 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 24-6 record this season. As for Hardaway, they pushed their record up to 25-4 with that win, which was their 20th straight at home dating back to last season.

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