Basketball Game Preview: Strawberry Crest Chargers vs. Armwood Hawks + How To Watch

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12/13/24 - Home	66-63 W
12/01/23 - Away	49-60 L
12/02/22 - Home	66-44 W
02/07/22 - Home	62-51 W
01/21/22 - Home	70-49 W
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Strawberry Crest and Armwood are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Chargers will welcome the Hawks at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Strawberry Crest has given up an average of 68.4 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.

Strawberry Crest came up short against Lennard on Wednesday, falling 62-42. The contest marked the Chargers' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.

Meanwhile, Armwood suffered their closest defeat since December 13, 2024 on Wednesday. They fell just short of Plant by a score of 64-62. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (60), the Hawks still had to take the loss.

Strawberry Crest will need to focus on slowing down Sebastien Lefranc, one of several Armwood players who made an impact when they last played. He went 8-for-16 to rack up 20 points and seven boards. Lefranc's big performance that evening made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Elijah Bernadin, who dropped a double-double with 13 points and 14 rebounds.

Having lost for the first time this season, Armwood fell to 6-1. As for Strawberry Crest, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 4-1.

Strawberry Crest skirted past Armwood 66-63 in their previous matchup back in December of 2024. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was the Hawks' Jayden Dryden, who dropped a double-double with 23 points and 13 boards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will the Chargers still be able to contain Dryden? There's only one way to find out.