New Hanover is 0-10 against Hoggard since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The New Hanover Wildcats will square off against the Hoggard Vikings at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully New Hanover focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 11 on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, New Hanover earned a 40-32 victory over Laney. The win made it back-to-back wins for New Hanover.
New Hanover found their leader in underclassman Brianna Stanley, who scored 19 points along with two steals. Londyn Doughty was another key contributor, scoring six points along with six rebounds and three steals.
Meanwhile, Hoggard had already won 14 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28.2 points), and they went ahead and made it 15 on Wednesday. They took down Ashley 39-20. Given Hoggard's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 16th, while Ashley is ranked 140th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
New Hanover has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. As for Hoggard, their victory bumped their record up to 25-1.
New Hanover suffered a grim 45-25 defeat to Hoggard in their previous matchup on Thursday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hoggard's Tristan Shivers, who almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine assists. Now that New Hanover knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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