The Terry Bulldogs will take on the Hancock Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Terry is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They breezed past Picayune to the tune of 55-26. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 25th, while the Maroon Tide are ranked 125th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Terry's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Zion Nelson led the charge by going 5-for-10 on her way to 14 points and seven boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Maleah Young, who posted 15 points along with six rebounds and three steals.
Meanwhile, Hancock came tearing into Friday's contest with 12 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.1 points), and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Patriots 58-26.
Hancock's victory bumped their record up to 24-1. As for Terry, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 18 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season.
Terry didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Hancock when the teams last played back in February of 2020, but they still walked away with a 57-51 win. Will Terry repeat their success, or does Hancock have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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