The Harlan Green Dragons will head out on the road to challenge the Whitley County Colonels at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Harlan is coming into the contest on a four-game losing streak.
Harlan is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 58 points on Thursday, they were much more limited against Harlan County on Friday. They were dealt a 73-21 loss at the hands of the Black Bears. While losing is never fun, the Green Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky basketball rankings (they are ranked 215th, while the Black Bears are ranked 22nd).
Meanwhile, Whitley County came up short against Knox Central on Friday and fell 88-77. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (70), the Colonels still had to take the loss.
Harlan's defeat dropped their record down to 4-20. As for Whitley County, their loss dropped their record down to 18-9.
Everything went Harlan's way against Whitley County when the teams last played back in January of 2019, as Harlan made off with a 58-36 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Harlan since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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