The Ore City Rebels are taking a road trip to take on the Hawkins Hawks at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
Ore City is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Union Grove on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Ore City came up short against Union Grove, falling 53-32. The Rebels have struggled against the Lions recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Hawkins had already won 14 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 26.8 points) and they went ahead and made it 15 on Tuesday. They breezed by the Tigers to the tune of 84-28. The Hawks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 14 matches by 24 points or more this season.
Hawkins has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 27-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.5 points per game. As for Ore City, their loss dropped their record down to 13-13.
Ore City was taken down by Hawkins 42-8 in their previous meeting back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hawkins' Brayden Givens, who went 5 for 9 en route to 12 points in addition to eight steals and five assists. Now that Ore City knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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