Great Bend is 1-7 against Hutchinson since December of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Great Bend Panthers will be playing at home against the Hutchinson Salthawks. Great Bend will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.
Last Tuesday, Great Bend narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Bishop Carroll 54-51. Given Great Bend's advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 37th, while Bishop Carroll is ranked 143rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, even though Eisenhower scored an imposing 63 points on Tuesday, Hutchinson still came out on top. Hutchinson managed a 69-63 victory over Eisenhower. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Hutchinson.
Great Bend pushed their record up to 16-5 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.0 points per game. As for Hutchinson, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season.
Great Bend came up short against Hutchinson in their previous meeting back in January, falling 71-61. Can Great Bend avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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