The Hardaway Hawks will head out on the road to face off against the Cairo Syrupmakers at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Hardaway focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 20 on Monday.
Even though Shaw scored an imposing 72 points on Monday, Hardaway still came out on top. Hardaway snuck past Shaw with a 76-72 victory.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Hardaway to victory, but perhaps none more so than Mekhi Benton, who scored 25 points along with five assists and five rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Benton has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Johnathan Kyles, who scored 18 points along with eight rebounds.
Cairo played against Bainbridge and lost via forfeit.
Hardaway's victory bumped their record up to 15-11. As for Cairo, their defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 14-9.
Hardaway came up short against Cairo when the teams last played back in January, falling 60-50. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cairo's Amari Powell, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 13 rebounds. Now that Hardaway knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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