The Harlan Hawks were the 52-46 winner over the O'Connor Panthers when they last played one another back in December of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. Harlan fell 53-43 to O'Connor on Friday. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as Harlan came into the contest with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 120th, while O'Connor is ranked 278th).
Despite the loss, Harlan still got an impressive performance from Alexa Romero, who scored 21 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Romero has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaydin Thornton Murray Garrigan, who scored six points along with five rebounds and five steals.
Harlan's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-10. As for O'Connor, the victory got them back to even at 13-13.
Harlan will head out on the road to face off against Warren at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. That game will pit two of the most dominant guards against one another: Destiny Hernandez and Loghan Hamilton. As for O'Connor, they will be playing at home against Taft at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Taft is hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses.
