Basketball Game Preview: Hiawatha Hawks vs. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Academy Guardians

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Previous 5 Games

12/04/24 - Away	70-53 W
12/05/22 - Away	60-17 W
03/10/21 - Home	57-34 W
01/29/20 - Away	47-41 W
01/06/20 - Home	48-13 W

Hiawatha is 5-0 against Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Academy since January of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. After both having extra time off, both will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 5:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

Last Friday, Hiawatha had to suffer through a 81-40 loss at the hands of Hinckley-Big Rock. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 729th, while the Royals are ranked 264th).

Meanwhile, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their 11th straight defeat dating back to last season. They were dealt a 69-41 loss at the hands of Rock County Christian. The Guardians were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 44-22.

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Hiawatha, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-8.

Hiawatha strolled past Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Academy in their previous matchup on December 4th by a score of 70-53. Does Hiawatha have another victory up their sleeve, or will Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.