Basketball Recap: Harding's Higher State Rank on Full Display on Saturday

On Saturday, the Harding Knights strolled past Higher Ground Academy with points to spare, taking the game 93-75. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 169th, while Higher Ground Academy are ranked 402nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Harding has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 81.0 points over those games. As for Higher Ground Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.

Harding has already played their next contest (against Highland Park), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Higher Ground Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now.