Parker and Homewood are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2018, but not for long. The Parker Thundering Herd will challenge the Homewood Patriots at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
Parker will head into Monday's game on the come-up: they were handed a 21-point defeat in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Monday. They skirted past Minor 54-52.
Meanwhile, Homewood entered their tilt with Altamont on Tuesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They claimed a resounding 74-26 victory over the Knights. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 52nd, while the Knights are ranked 385th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Homewood is also on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 18-10 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.1 points per game. As for Parker, their win was their first in the region, bumping their region record up to 1-4 and their overall record up to 9-12.
Parker suffered a grim 78-57 defeat to Homewood in their previous meeting on Friday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Homewood's Kaleb Carson, who went 9 of 17 on his way to 26 points and five rebounds. Now that Parker knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
