The Fairdale Bulldogs waltzed into their game on Friday with five straight wins but they left with six. They took down Holy Cross 76-57. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Despite the loss, Holy Cross still got an impressive performance from Jacob Hand, who scored 19 points along with seven rebounds and two steals. Hand has been hot recently, having posted 17 or more points the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Michael Loftis, who scored 14 points.
Fairdale has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. As for Holy Cross, their loss dropped their record down to 14-10.
Fairdale won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Larue County at 7:00 p.m. on February 10th. Larue County knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past 22 games -- so hopefully Fairdale likes a good challenge. As for Holy Cross, they will head out on the road to take on Bullitt Central at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Bullitt Central will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Kentucky Rankings (they are ranked 200th, while Holy Cross is ranked 76th).
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