Hempstead came into their game on Tuesday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They were dealt an 85-32 defeat at the hands of the Hitchcock Bulldogs. While losing is never fun, the Bobcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1307th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 176th).
Hempstead's loss was their 14th straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 4-18. As for Hitchcock, the victory (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 17-7.
We've got plenty of inter-district action coming up soon. Hempstead is set to take on their familiar foe Van Vleck at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Hitchcock will face off against rival Brazos at 6:15 p.m. on Friday.
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