Basketball Game Preview: Hamshire-Fannett Longhorns vs. Krum Bobcats

The Hamshire-Fannett Longhorns and the Krum Bobcats will round out the year against one another at at 10:30 a.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Hamshire-Fannett will head into Friday's matchup having proved themselves against Shepherd: Hamshire-Fannett took a 75-point loss the last time they faced off against Shepherd, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. Hamshire-Fannett had just enough and edged Shepherd out 47-45. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Longhorns.

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 Krum on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Decatur out of the water with a 65-35 final score. The Bobcats pushed the score to 48-28 by the end of the third, a deficit the Eagles had little chance of recovering from.

Krum has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 10-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.1 points per game. As for Hamshire-Fannett, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-10.