The Northern Highlands Highlanders will face off against the Hackensack Comets at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Northern Highlands will be strutting in after a win while Hackensack will be coming in after a loss.
Hackensack will be up against a hot Northern Highlands team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Northern Highlands came within five points of losing the streak, but they secured a 71-66 W against Paramus. Given the Highlanders' advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 34th, while the Spartans are ranked 221st), the result on Tuesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Hackensack ended up a good deal behind Ramapo on Tuesday and lost 69-54. The Comets haven't had much luck with the Raiders recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Northern Highlands' victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-7. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.8 points over those games. As for Hackensack, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-9.
Northern Highlands didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Hackensack when the teams last played back in January, but they still walked away with a 76-70 win. Does Northern Highlands have another victory up their sleeve, or will Hackensack turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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