Basketball Recap: Hillsboro Comes Up Short

By Team Reports Jan 23, 2025, 7:45am

Basketball Recap: Hillsboro Hiltoppers vs. Greenville Comets

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Hillsboro lost against Greenville back in February of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Hillsboro Hiltoppers fell to the Greenville Comets 60-56. The Hiltoppers just can't catch a break and have now endured three losses in a row.

Nathan Matoush

Points

01/21/25 vs Greenville30
01/20/25 vs Mattoon22
01/16/25 @ Southwestern18
01/03/25 vs Altamont31
12/28/24 vs Bunker Hill19

Despite the loss, Hillsboro still got an impressive performance from Nathan Matoush, who almost dropped a double-double on 30 points and nine rebounds. Matoush's evening made it nine games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tony White, who went 7 for 11 en route to 15 points.

Hillsboro now has a losing record at 9-10. As for Greenville, they moved to 13-7 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak.

Hillsboro will take on Litchfield at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hillsboro is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.3 points per game this season. As for Greenville, they will take on Nokomis in a tournament on Thursday.

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