Preview: Hardaway Hawks vs. North Oconee Titans
Hardaway has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the North Oconee Titans at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
Hardaway extended their postseason success on Tuesday against Holy Innocents Episcopal. They snuck past the Golden Bears with a 59-53 win.
It was another big night for Akilah Shelton, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten rebounds. She has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last ten times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jenaiya Hardy, who scored 15 points along with seven rebounds and two blocks.
Meanwhile, North Oconee had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.5 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 62-55 win over Starr's Mill.
Hardaway pushed their record up to 26-4 with that win, which was their 21st straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.2 points per game. As for North Oconee, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-9 record this season.
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