Basketball Game Preview: Holly Springs Golden Hawks vs. Apex Cougars
By Team Reports
Feb 12, 2025, 1:20am
Basketball Preview: Holly Springs Golden Hawks vs. Apex Cougars

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02/03/25 - Away | 46-38 W |
02/16/24 - Away | 51-53 L |
01/23/24 - Home | 56-45 W |
02/14/23 - Home | 45-32 W |
02/07/23 - Home | 43-35 W |
+ 5 more games |
Holly Springs is 9-1 against Apex since January of 2021 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Holly Springs Golden Hawks will welcome the Apex Cougars at 6:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
On Tuesday, Holly Springs was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 52-51 to Panther Creek. The Golden Hawks have struggled against the Catamounts recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Apex was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They had to suffer through a 66-34 loss at the hands of Green Hope. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 476th, while the Falcons are ranked 146th).
Holly Springs' loss dropped their record down to 7-15. As for Apex, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-20.
Holly Springs beat Apex 46-38 when the teams last played last Monday. Will Holly Springs repeat their success, or does Apex have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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