Having just played yesterday, the Northern Huskies will get right back to it and host the East Hardy Cougars at 5:30 p.m. on February 10th. Northern will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in their respective state's rankings (they are ranked 208th in Maryland, while East Hardy is ranked 21st in West Virginia).
Northern unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Friday. Their rough 60-34 defeat to Southern might stick with them for a while. Northern has not had much luck with Southern recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Meanwhile, East Hardy can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent game on Thursday. They blew past Pendleton County 65-38 on the road. The win was familiar territory for East Hardy who now have eight in a row.
Northern now has a losing record at 9-10. As for East Hardy, they pushed their record up to 13-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Northern came out on top in a nail-biter against East Hardy in their previous meeting back in December of 2022, sneaking past 52-49. Does Northern have another victory up their sleeve, or will East Hardy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
