Harrisburg and Mt. Vernon are an even 4-4 against one another since January of 2015, but not for long. The Harrisburg Bulldogs will take on the Mt. Vernon Wildcats in a tournament on Monday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Harrisburg will head out to face Mt. Vernon after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Harrisburg took a 52-48 hit to the loss column at the hands of Herrin.
Meanwhile, Mt. Vernon came up short against Southridge on Friday and fell 51-42. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 187th, while the Raiders are ranked 36th).
Mt. Vernon now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Harrisburg, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-5.
Things could have been worse for Harrisburg, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 68-54 loss to Mt. Vernon in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. Thankfully for Harrisburg, Nicot Burnett (who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 12 rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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