Basketball Game Preview: Nathan Hale Rangers vs. Booker T. Washington Hornets

By Team Reports Nov 29, 2024, 11:33pm

Basketball Preview: Nathan Hale Rangers vs. Booker T. Washington Hornets

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Nathan Hale is 0-7 against Booker T. Washington since December of 2014 but things could change on Tuesday. The Nathan Hale Rangers will head out to square off against the Booker T. Washington Hornets at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.

Nathan Hale can't be to happy about their upcoming road matchup considering what happened when they opened their season on the away from home on Tuesday. They took a 74-64 hit to the loss column at the hands of Central.

Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Booker T. Washington beat Douglass 56-51 last Thursday.

Booker T. Washington's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Joc Mitchell led the charge by earning 12 points plus six rebounds and five assists. Mitchell has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Mason Matulis, who scored nine points along with six rebounds and five assists.

Nathan Hale was dealt a bruising 99-66 loss at the hands of Booker T. Washington when the teams last played back in February of 2018. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Nathan Hale was down 46-25.

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