Basketball Game Preview: Hermon Hawks vs. Washington Academy Raiders

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Previous Games

12/21/24 - Home	64-33 W
02/14/24 - Neutral	47-28 W
01/09/24 - Home	40-38 W
12/23/23 - Away	32-26 W
01/19/23 - Home	48-38 W
+ 5 more games

Hermon has gone 10-0 against Washington Academy recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Hermon Hawks will head out to take on the Washington Academy Raiders at 2:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Last Wednesday, Hermon came up short against Orono and fell 56-49.

Meanwhile, Washington Academy was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Thursday as they fell 65-60 to Mount Desert Island. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maine basketball rankings (they are ranked 65th, while the Trojans are ranked 18th).

Washington Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Hermon, they dropped their record down to 8-10 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road.

Everything came up roses for Hermon against Washington Academy when the teams last played back in December of 2024, as the squad secured a 64-33 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hermon since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.