The Federal Hocking Lancers will face off against the Harvest Prep Warriors at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Federal Hocking is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They strolled past Portsmouth West with points to spare, taking the game 50-35. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 103rd, while the Senators are ranked 236th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Harvest Prep entered their tilt with Cardington-Lincoln on Saturday with two consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Pirates as they made off with a 59-36 victory.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Maliyah Lofton and Abigail Hardwick. Lofton had a great game and went 6-for-9 from beyond the arc en route to 22 points in addition to six rebounds and five assists. Meanwhile, Hardwick did her best for the losing side, putting up eight points and five boards.
Harvest Prep's win bumped their record up to 11-13. As for Federal Hocking, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season.
Federal Hocking came up short against Harvest Prep when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 67-61. Can Federal Hocking avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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