Basketball Recap: Hardin-Jefferson Drops Highest Score of Season Against Aransas Pass

Hawks

Team Score

12/12/24 vs Aransas Pass	93
12/09/24 vs West Orange-Stark	81
12/07/24 vs Alice	77
12/12/24 vs La Porte	69
11/19/24 vs Vidor	69

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hardin-Jefferson). They took their contest on Thursday with ease, bagging a 93-60 victory over the Aransas Pass Panthers. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Hawks also won the last time the pair played back in December of 2023.

Leading Hardin-Jefferson to victory were D'Corian Warren and Will Larson. Warren went 10 for 14 on his way to 23 points in addition to seven boards and three steals, while Larson went 8 of 20 on his way to 22 points along with five assists and five rebounds. Larson is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. Samuel Jones was another key player, putting up six points along with 15 rebounds and five assists.

Hardin-Jefferson smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 20 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 11 offensive boards in seven consecutive matches.

Hardin-Jefferson is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.8 points per game. As for Aransas Pass, with the loss, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 11-4.

Hardin-Jefferson wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 69-54 win against Little Cypress-Mauriceville on the 13th. As for Aransas Pass, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, an 87-64 defeat against Nederland on the 13th.