In what's become a running theme this season, the Hodgeman County Longhorns gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. They took their contest on the road with ease, bagging a 66-27 win over Ingalls. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory Hodgeman County has posted yet this season.
It was another big night for Owen Reece, who scored 26 points along with six steals and three blocks. That makes it nine consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Hodgeman County's points. Another player making a difference was Matthew Patterson, who scored 13 points along with eight rebounds and two steals.
Ingalls' loss came despite strong showings from Layton Simon and Breck Averhoff. Simon scored 15 points along with three steals, while Averhoff scored five points along with five rebounds. That's the first time this season that Simon scored 15 or more points.
Ingalls struggled to work together and finished the game with only four assists. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Hodgeman County racked up 21 assists.
Hodgeman County is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. As for Ingalls, their loss dropped their record down to 4-4.
Hodgeman County will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Minneola at 8:00 p.m. Hopefully Minneola focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up ten on Friday. Ingalls won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Meade at 7:30 p.m. on January 13th.
