The Hillsboro Indians will head out to take on the Fairfield Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Hillsboro's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three games.
Hillsboro is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Adena: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Hillsboro blew Adena out of the water with a 70-20 final score. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 353rd, while the Warriors are ranked 790th), the result on Saturday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Fairfield suffered their closest loss since February 6, 2024 on Saturday. They fell just short of Western by a score of 68-66. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (56), the Lions still had to take the loss.
Fairfield moved to 6-2 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Hillsboro, their victory bumped their record up to 5-3.
Hillsboro came up short against Fairfield in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, falling 53-40. Can Hillsboro avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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