It'll be Battle of the Birds when the Hillsboro Hawks duke it out with the Windsor Owls at 7:00 p.m. on Friday... Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Hillsboro is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Perryville 78-54 on Tuesday. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 71st, while the Pirates are ranked 239th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
12/17/24 vs Perryville | 19 |
12/14/24 vs Seckman | 12 |
12/13/24 vs Rockwood Summit | 14 |
12/09/24 vs Windsor | 16 |
12/06/24 @ Pacific | 12 |
Gregory Robinson was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 28 points and 19 boards. Robinson is crushing it when it comes to rebounds: he's pulled down at least 12 every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Cooper Mcgrath, who went 5 of 9 on his way to 12 points.
Hillsboro smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 17 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive boards in five consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Windsor didn't have too much trouble with Festus on Tuesday as they won 70-56.
Windsor now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Hillsboro, their victory bumped their record up to 4-1.
Hillsboro was able to grind out a solid win over Windsor in their previous meeting last Monday, winning 70-60. Will Hillsboro repeat their success, or does Windsor have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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