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| 01/19/24 - Home | 99-57 W |
| 01/10/24 - Home | 70-58 W |
| 01/27/23 - Home | 71-67 W |
| 12/19/22 - Away | 69-37 W |
| 01/28/22 - Away | 57-45 W |
| + 5 more games |
Deep Creek is 8-2 against Hickory since January of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Deep Creek Hornets will take on the Hickory Hawks at 7:30 p.m. Deep Creek has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with eight straight losses, while Hickory will come in with three straight wins.
Deep Creek might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 71-58 to Washington, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 281st in Virginia, while the Pam Pack are ranked 42nd in North Carolina).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hickory). They came out on top against Grassfield by a score of 70-58 on Friday.
Hickory's victory bumped their record up to 5-7. As for Deep Creek, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-11.
Everything came up roses for Deep Creek against Hickory in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, as the squad secured a 99-57 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Deep Creek since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
