Basketball Game Preview: Thornton Fractional South Red Wolves vs. Hillcrest Hawks

The Thornton Fractional South Red Wolves just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Hillcrest Hawks at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Thornton Fractional South is coming into the game hot, having won their last nine games.

On Wednesday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Thornton Fractional South beat Evergreen Park 51-47.

Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Hillcrest on Monday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Richards out of the water with a 57-28 final score. The Hawks pushed the score to 43-21 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bulldogs had little chance of recovering from.

Thornton Fractional South is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season. As for Hillcrest, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-12.

Everything came up roses for Thornton Fractional South against Hillcrest in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, as the squad secured a 63-36 victory. Will Thornton Fractional South repeat their success, or does Hillcrest have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.