Basketball Recap: Hargrave Beats Hardin-Jefferson for Their Seventh Straight Victory

Falcons

Margin (Wins)

11/08/24 vs Fort Bend Willowridge	57
01/17/25 @ Liberty	65
12/05/24 vs McGregor	72
12/12/24 vs Smithville	64
11/22/24 vs Channelview	23

Hargrave had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28.3 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Tuesday. They breezed by the Hardin-Jefferson Hawks to the tune of 95-46. The Falcons have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 21 matchups by 22 points or more this season.

Taveyian Thomas and Jhavon Williams certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. Thomas went 6 of 14 en route to 14 points in addition to five boards and three steals, while Williams dropped a double-double on 12 points and ten rebounds. The dominant performance gave Williams a new career-high in rebounds. Another player making a difference was Samuel Jones, who posted six points and six boards.

Hargrave is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 25-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 83.1 points per game. As for Hardin-Jefferson, they dropped their record down to 10-16 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.

Hargrave will venture away from home to challenge Shepherd at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hargrave is facing Shepherd at the right time seeing as Shepherd is stuck on a six-game losing streak. As for Hardin-Jefferson, they will be playing at home against Livingston at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hardin-Jefferson is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 60 points per game this season.