The Henry Clay Blue Devils will take on the Estill County Engineers in a holiday battle at 10:45 a.m. on Monday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Friday, Henry Clay was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 50-46 to Pendleton County.
Meanwhile, Estill County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Sunday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They had to suffer through a 62-33 loss at the hands of Southwestern. While losing is never fun, the Engineers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky basketball rankings (they are ranked 169th, while the Warriors are ranked 44th).
Henry Clay's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Estill County, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
Henry Clay came out on top in a nail-biter against Estill County in their previous meeting back in January, sneaking past 46-43. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Blue Devils since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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