Harding County is 2-8 against Faith since February of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Harding County Ranchers' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Faith Longhorns at 6:00 p.m. on March 1st. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Harding County walked away with it. They walked away with a 64-55 victory over the Sioux on Tuesday.
Payton Dvorak was his usual excellent self, scoring 16 points along with seven assists and seven rebounds. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last 12 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Hayden Pihl, who scored seven points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Meanwhile, Faith can now show off 11 landslide victories after their most recent game on Tuesday. They took their contest at home with ease, bagging a 69-37 victory over Tiospaye Topa. Given Faith's advantage in MaxPreps' South Dakota basketball rankings (they are ranked 43rd, while Tiospaye Topa is ranked 150th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Harding County now has a winning record of 11-10. As for Faith, they pushed their record up to 18-3 with that win, which was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season.
Harding County took a serious blow against Faith in their previous matchup on February 2nd, falling 71-43. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Harding County was down 41-20.
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