Basketball Recap: Harrisburg Skates Past Hoxie with Ease

Hornets

Margin (Wins)

11/22/24 vs Hazen	69
02/06/25 @ Hoxie	57
01/24/25 vs Hoxie	57
11/14/24 vs Palestine-Wheatley	52
11/18/24 vs Carlisle	46

Harrisburg won the last time they faced Hoxie and things went their way on Thursday too. The Harrisburg Hornets took their matchup with ease, bagging a 64-7 win over the Hoxie Mustangs. The Hornets have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 contests by 26 points or more this season.

Leading Harrisburg to victory were Elisabeth Green and Alesia Rand. Green went 12 for 16 to rack up 26 points along with eight boards and three blocks, while Rand almost dropped a double-double with 17 points and nine rebounds. With that strong performance, Green is now averaging an impressive 15.1 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Ragan Fahr, who posted seven points and five steals.

Harrisburg smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive boards in three consecutive games.

Harrisburg has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.7 points over those games. As for Hoxie, they dropped their record down to 2-22 with the loss, which was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season.

Coming up, Harrisburg will challenge Midland at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Harrisburg is facing Midland at the right time seeing as Midland is stuck on a 16-game losing streak. As for Hoxie, they will take on Piggott at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.