Highland is 1-9 against Hermleigh since January of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Highland Hornets will look to defend their home court against the Hermleigh Cardinals at 6:15 p.m.
Highland will head into Tuesday's game out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Tuesday. They were dealt a 52-18 defeat at the hands of Westbrook. 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 865th, while the Wildcats are ranked 98th).
Meanwhile, Hermleigh had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 35.8 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Tuesday. They walked away with a 52-41 win over the Bulldogs.
Hermleigh pushed their record up to 28-4 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home. As for Highland, their loss dropped their record down to 11-14.
Highland suffered a grim 42-22 defeat to Hermleigh when the teams last played on January 7th. Will Highland have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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