Basketball Preview: Hillsboro Eagles vs. Alvarado Indians
Hillsboro hasn't had much luck against Alvarado recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Hillsboro Eagles will be playing at home against the Alvarado Indians at 6:15 p.m.
While Hillsboro didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-24), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They were dealt a 72-40 loss at the hands of Grandview on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 414th, while the Zebras are ranked 149th).
Meanwhile, Alvarado beat Robinson 47-34 on Saturday.
The win got Alvarado back to even at 8-8. As for Hillsboro, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-4.
Hillsboro suffered a grim 50-24 defeat to Alvarado in their previous matchup back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Alvarado's Joslyn Jarmon, who posted 19 points along with seven steals and six rebounds. Now that Hillsboro knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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