Hardaway is 2-8 against Carver since January of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Hardaway Hawks will face off against the Carver Tigers at 6:30 p.m.
Hardaway is headed into Saturday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game on Friday. They were dealt a 70-37 loss at the hands of Shaw. The Hawks were down 49-28 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Meanwhile, Carver had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 47.9 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Friday. They were the clear victor by an 84-58 margin over the Greenwave. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Greenwave are ranked 140th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hardaway's defeat dropped their record down to 5-16. As for Carver, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-2 record this season.
Hardaway was dealt a bruising 117-42 loss at the hands of Carver in their previous matchup back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Carver's Kobe Caslin, who went 6 of 13 en route to 18 points in addition to five assists and five steals. Now that Hardaway knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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