The Hawthorne Hornets waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with five straight wins but they left with six. They snuck past Buchholz with a 65-60 win. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Hawthorne to victory, but perhaps none more so than CJ Ingram, who scored 24 points along with two steals. Ingram has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last nine times he's played. Another player making a difference was Caleb Rollerson, who scored 15 points.
Hawthorne's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-4. As for Buchholz, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-8.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Hawthorne will stay at home for another game and welcome P.K. Yonge at 7:30 p.m. on January 25th. P.K. Yonge will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Florida Rankings (they are ranked 359th, while Hawthorne is ranked 166th). As for Buchholz, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Gainesville at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
