The Garden City Trojans will finish 2023 at home by hosting the Hempstead Tigers at 12:45 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Garden City lost a heartbreaker to Great Neck North when they met back in January, and they left with a heavy heart again on Monday. Garden City took a 76-63 hit to the loss column at the hands of Great Neck North. Garden City has not had much luck with Great Neck North recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Even though Hempstead has not done well against Uniondale recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. Hempstead came out on top against Uniondale by a score of 61-54. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Hempstead.
Garden City's loss dropped their record down to 0-1. As for Hempstead, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 5-4 record this season.