Hemphill played a tough contest on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against the Shelbyville Dragons, falling 70-44. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1104th, while the Dragons are ranked 205th).
Hemphill dropped their record down to 8-10 with the defeat, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Shelbyville, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season.
Hemphill will face off against Chireno at 6:45 p.m. on Friday. As for Shelbyville, they will head out to face off against Woden at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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