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| 12/14/24 - Home | 59-64 L |
| 01/15/24 - Home | 71-50 W |
| 12/27/23 - Home | 57-50 W |
| 12/16/23 - Away | 61-63 L |
| 01/16/23 - Home | 89-62 W |
| + 5 more games |
Hillside is 8-2 against Southern School of Energy and Sustainability since December of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Hillside Hornets will take on the Southern School of Energy and Sustainability Spartans in a tournament on Monday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Hillside's tournament run continued when they took on Union Pines on Saturday. Hillside's2024 ended with a 62-44 defeat against Union Pines. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 427th, while the Vikings are ranked 50th).
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Southern School of Energy and Sustainability's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 54-53 to Northwood.
Hillside will need focus on slowing down Jakayla Palmer, one of several Southern School of Energy and Sustainability players who made an impact when they last played. She posted 17 points along with five assists and four steals. Palmer has been hot, having posted two or more steals the last six times she's played. Ashlyn Hudson was another key player, putting up eight points along with ten boards and four steals.
Even though they lost, Southern School of Energy and Sustainability smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in 38 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Southern School of Energy and Sustainability's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-2. As for Hillside, their defeat was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-7.
Hillside came up short against Southern School of Energy and Sustainability when the teams last played on December 14th, falling 64-59. Can Hillside avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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