Morris Central and Deposit-Hancock are an even 3-3 against one another since December of 2017, but not for long. The Morris Central Mustangs will be playing in front of their home fans against Deposit-Hancock at 7:15 p.m. on Monday. Morris Central knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six contests -- so hopefully Deposit-Hancock likes a good challenge.
Morris Central is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Tuesday as they easily beat Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton 77-45. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Deposit-Hancock against Afton on Friday as the squad secured an 82-44 victory. Given Deposit-Hancock's advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 364th, while Afton is ranked 796th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Deposit-Hancock's win bumped their record up to 8-4. As for Morris Central, they are also on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season.
Things could have been worse for Morris Central, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took an 84-67 loss to Deposit-Hancock in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Deposit-Hancock's Blake Fortunato, who dropped a double-double on 41 points and 19 rebounds. Now that Morris Central knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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