Basketball Recap: Harlan County Falls Short Against Ranked Calloway County

On Sunday, Harlan County faced Calloway County in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Harlan County Black Bears fell to the Calloway County Lakers 80-75. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Monday (63), the Black Bears still had to take the loss.

Black Bears

Previous 5 Games

01/19/25 vs Calloway County	75-80
01/13/25 vs Bell County	63-60
01/09/25 vs McCreary Central	101-77
01/02/25 @ Harlan	75-47
12/28/24 @ Blazer	57-72

The loss snapped Harlan County's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 11-5 record. As for Calloway County, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 17-2.

Harlan County will square off against Pikeville at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Harlan County knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past seven matches -- so hopefully Pikeville likes a good challenge. As for Calloway County, they won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Sikeston at 5:00 p.m. on Monday.