Basketball Game Preview: Heritage Hills Patriots vs. Gibson Southern Titans

Heritage Hills is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Gibson Southern is on a eight-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Heritage Hills Patriots will host the Gibson Southern Titans at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Heritage Hills is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Perry Central: they outscored them in every quarter. Everything went Heritage Hills' way against Perry Central on Thursday as Heritage Hills made off with a 51-27 win.

Heritage Hills had a senior duo take command as Mayci Litherland posted 15 points and five rebounds and Carlie Still put up ten points and five steals. The game was Litherland's third in a row with at least ten points. Mia Becher was another key player, putting up six points and three steals.

Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Gibson Southern against Tecumseh on Thursday as the team secured a 72-28 victory. The Titans have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 29 points or more this season.

Gibson Southern has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.2 points per game. As for Heritage Hills, the win got them back to even at 8-8.

Heritage Hills was taken down by Gibson Southern 78-45 in their previous matchup back in January of 2024. Will Heritage Hills have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.