Basketball Game Preview: Huron Tigers vs. Aberdeen Central Golden Eagles

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Previous Games

02/09/24 - Away	62-48 W
02/10/23 - Home	60-57 W
02/11/22 - Away	52-70 L
01/23/21 - Home	32-61 L
01/25/20 - Away	58-49 W
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Huron and Aberdeen Central are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2017, but not for long. The Huron Tigers will host the Aberdeen Central Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Huron has three straight wins, Aberdeen Central has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

If Huron beats Aberdeen Central with 60 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Huron came out on top against Pierre T.F. Riggs by a score of 60-50 on Tuesday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' South Dakota basketball rankings (they are ranked 17th, while the Governors are ranked 61st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Aberdeen Central came up short against Mitchell on Tuesday and fell 53-44.

Aberdeen Central's defeat dropped their record down to 2-12. As for Huron, their victory bumped their record up to 12-4.

Huron strolled past Aberdeen Central in their previous meeting back in February of 2024 by a score of 62-48. Will Huron repeat their success, or does Aberdeen Central have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.