The Hughes BIG RED will head out on the road to square off against the Western Hills Mustangs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses apiece.
Hughes pushed their score all the way to 67 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They were the victim of a tough 90-67 loss at the hands of Woodward. While losing is never fun, Hughes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 289th, while Woodward is ranked 45th).
Meanwhile, Western Hills pushed their score all the way to 69 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 79-69 hit to the loss column at the hands of Aiken. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (67), Western Hills still had to take the loss.
Hughes dropped their record down to 9-11 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Western Hills, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-6.
Hughes lost to Western Hills on the road by a decisive 58-39 margin in their previous matchup back in January. Can Hughes avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
