After both having extra time off, Red Jacket and the Holley Hawks will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Red Jacket is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.2 points per game this season.
Red Jacket will head out to face Holley after giving up their first home loss of the season last Thursday. Red Jacket took a 46-42 hit to the loss column at the hands of Dundee/Bradford Central. While losing is never fun, Red Jacket can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 405th, while Dundee/Bradford Central is ranked 198th).
Defeat or not, Red Jacket got some senior leadership from Truman Hill and Tim Brown. Hill went 5 for 9 en route to 12 points in addition to five rebounds and five blocks, while Brown posted 16 points. That was a full 38.1% of Red Jacket's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's put up more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Jackson Kennelly, who had six points along with six boards and five assists.
Meanwhile, Holley had to endure a four-game losing streak dating back to last season, but that streak is no more. They secured a 64-60 W over Notre Dame back in January.
The victory got Holley back to even at 1-1. As for Red Jacket, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-4.
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