Basketball Game Preview: Hill-Murray Pioneers vs. South St. Paul Packers

By Team Reports Feb 17, 2024, 9:16am

Preview: Hill-Murray Pioneers vs. South St. Paul Packers

Hill-Murray is 8-2 against South St. Paul since February of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Hill-Murray Pioneers will head out on the road to challenge the South St. Paul Packers at 7:00 p.m. Hill-Murray is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.

On Friday, Hill-Murray strolled past North with points to spare, taking the game 41-22. Given Hill-Murray's advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 120th, while North is ranked 331st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, South St. Paul took their contest at home on Thursday with ease, bagging a 62-30 victory over Tartan. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 62-30.

Hill-Murray has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 14-10 record this season. As for South St. Paul, their victory bumped their record up to 11-13.

Everything went Hill-Murray's way against South St. Paul in their previous matchup back in January as Hill-Murray made off with a 62-37 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hill-Murray since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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