The Hemingway Tigers are taking a road trip to take on the Latta Vikings at 6:30 p.m. on Monday.
Hemingway is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Carvers Bay on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Hemingway had to suffer through a 55-14 loss at the hands of Carvers Bay. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 277th, while the Bears are ranked 57th).
Meanwhile, Latta waltzed into their matchup on Friday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Raiders 78-14. With that win, the Vikings brought their scoring average up to 51.2 points per game.
Hemingway better focus on containing Jeziyah Page and Kaliya Herman as the pair were huge in Latta's win. Page posted 31 points, while Herman put up 25 points. Those 31 points gave Page a new career-high. Azarriona Mcrae was another key player, putting up ten points.
Latta's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-5. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 15.0 points over those games. As for Hemingway, their loss dropped their record down to 1-12.
Hemingway took a serious blow against Latta when the teams last played back in January, falling 64-29. Can Hemingway avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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