After a string of five wins, the South Harrison Hawks's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They were outmatched by Gilmer County at home and fell 67-34. While losing is never fun, South Harrison can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 74th, while the Titans are ranked tenth).
When it comes to explaining why South Harrison lost, one person who can't be blamed is Halle Bland. Despite the final result, she scored 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Abby Louk, who scored six points.
South Harrison's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-8. As for Gilmer County, their win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 17-0.
South Harrison will square off against the Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Gilmer County, they will square off against the Mavericks at 12:30 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully James Monroe focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 last Thursday.
