Harker Heights and Poteet met for a duel on Friday where Harker Heights came out on top. The Harker Heights Knights narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Poteet Pirates 40-38. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 145th, while the Pirates are ranked 344th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Harker Heights' win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-5. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.0 points per game. As for Poteet, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-6.
Harker Heights wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 53-46 victory against Horn on the 6th. Poteet has also already played their next contest (against Harker Heights), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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