The Hatboro-Horsham Hatters couldn't capitalize on their home-court advantage in their season opener. They took a 44-38 hit to the loss column at the hands of Northeast. While losing is never fun, Hatboro-Horsham can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 125th, while Northeast is ranked 47th).
Hatboro-Horsham's lost on Friday despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Brad Davis, who scored 11 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kenny Lutz, who scored 9 points.
Hatboro-Horsham struggled to work together and finished the game with only a assist. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Northeast racked up 11.
Northeast was led to victory by Bobby Perry and Michael Freeman. Perry scored 9 points, while Freeman scored 11 points. Zamir Adams was another key contributor, scoring 7 points.
Hatboro-Horsham's loss dropped their record down to 0-1. As for Northeast, their win bumped their record up to 1-0.
Hatboro-Horsham will be playing in front of their home fans against Paul Robeson at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Paul Robeson focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Friday. Northeast won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Pennsbury at 7:00 p.m. on December 2nd.
