Preview: Rising Sun Tigers vs. North Harford Hawks
The Rising Sun Tigers will square off against the North Harford Hawks at TBD on Monday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Rising Sun can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent match on Wednesday. They blew past Elkton, posting a 67-21 victory at home. Given Rising Sun's advantage in MaxPreps' Maryland basketball rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while Elkton is ranked 256th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, North Harford beat Elkton 34-30 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back wins for North Harford.
Rising Sun's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-4. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.0 points per game. As for North Harford, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season.
Rising Sun came up short against North Harford in their previous matchup back in February of 2023, falling 57-49. Can Rising Sun avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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