The Hunters Lane Warriors will take on the Westmoreland Eagles in a holiday battle at at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Hunters Lane is coming into the matchup on a six-game losing streak.
Hunters Lane is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell 74-67 to Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 337th, while the Royals are ranked 164th).
Loss or not, Hunters Lane got some senior leadership from James Davis and Isaiah Mcgill. Davis went 6 of 10 from beyond the arc en route to 23 points and five rebounds, while Mcgill went 5 of 9 on his way to 14 points along with five rebounds and four steals. Davis is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for four straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Amarien Kelly, who posted nine points.
Meanwhile, Westmoreland was fully in charge on Tuesday, breezing past Central Magnet 54-19. That 35 point margin sets a new team best for the Eagles this season.
Hunters Lane's defeat dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Westmoreland, the win got them back to even at 3-3.
Hunters Lane came up short against Westmoreland in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, falling 53-40. Can Hunters Lane avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
