Holmes County Central is on a six-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Greenville is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Holmes County Central Jaguars just played last yesterday, but they'll still welcome the Greenville Hornets at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Holmes County Central has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
On Thursday, Holmes County Central beat Forest Hill 56-48. Given the Jaguars' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Patriots are ranked 130th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Greenville's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They took an 82-64 bruising from Yazoo City. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Thursday (60), the Hornets still had to take the loss.
Holmes County Central will have to contain De'Marion Gibson as he made an impact in Greenville's last game. He went 8 of 17 on his way to 22 points. The contest was Gibson's 13th in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of A'Tavius McChristion, who went 5 for 9 on his way to 13 points.
Holmes County Central's victory bumped their record up to 8-4. As for Greenville, their loss dropped their record down to 10-3.
Everything came up roses for Holmes County Central against Greenville when the teams last played back in January, as the team secured a 67-34 win. In that match, Holmes County Central amassed a halftime lead of 42-20, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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