Hillcrest is 0-5 against South Oak Cliff since December of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Hillcrest Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the South Oak Cliff Bears at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Hillcrest entered their tilt with Jefferson with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Hillcrest claimed a resounding 78-48 win over Jefferson on the road. Hillcrest pushed the score to 64-31 by the end of the third, a deficit Jefferson cut but never quite recovered from.
Kurt Thomas and Creed Vance were among the main playmakers for Hillcrest as the former scored 20 points along with five rebounds and four steals and the latter scored 23 points along with five steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Vance has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Jed-ethan Nansha, who scored eight points along with ten rebounds and two blocks.
Hillcrest's lineup was just a bit different on Tuesday as Jacoby Ogbonna got a bit more time on the court (20 vs. his season average of 9.35). Ogbonna made the most of the opportunity, scoring four points along with seven rebounds. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Meanwhile, South Oak Cliff didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Wilson two weeks ago, but they still walked away with a 70-64 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for South Oak Cliff.
Hillcrest's victory bumped their record up to 13-14. As for South Oak Cliff, their victory was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-10.
Hillcrest came up short against South Oak Cliff when the teams last played back in January, falling 54-48. Can Hillcrest avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
