The Hamilton Christian Warriors will venture away from home to square off against the Westgate Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hamilton Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59 points per game this season.
Hamilton Christian is headed into Thursday's matchup hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight losses. They were beaten by Jackson Academy 75-45 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 62nd in Louisiana, while the Raiders are ranked tenth in Mississippi).
Seth Ned put forth a good effort for the losing side as he went 8 of 14 en route to 19 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Javon Vital, who posted seven points along with six assists and six boards.
Meanwhile, Westgate was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were three points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 52-49 heartbreaker at the hands of Marksville. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss Westgate has suffered since February 12th.
Westgate now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Hamilton Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-3.
Hamilton Christian skirted past Westgate 57-55 when the teams last played back in January. Will Hamilton Christian repeat their success, or does Westgate have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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