Basketball Game Preview: Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots vs. Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda Coyotes

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Previous Games

01/17/25 - Home	76-48 W
03/02/24 - Neutral	65-44 W
02/02/24 - Away	65-53 W
12/07/23 - Home	79-55 W
02/09/23 - Away	67-60 W
+ 5 more games

Hills-Beaver Creek has gone 8-2 against Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots are taking a road trip to face off against the Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda Coyotes at 7:30 p.m. Hills-Beaver Creek knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past seven games -- so hopefully Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda likes a good challenge.

Last Tuesday, everything went Hills-Beaver Creek's way against Edgerton as Hills-Beaver Creek made off with a 72-47 win. The Patriots haven't had any issues with the Flying Dutchmen recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive victory against them.

Meanwhile, Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They took a 65-51 bruising from Adrian/Ellsworth.

Hills-Beaver Creek will need to focus on slowing down Dillon Smith, one of several Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda players who made an impact when they last played. He went 7-for-14 to rack up 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Cole Schmidt, who posted eight points and five steals.

Even though they lost, Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive matchups.

Hills-Beaver Creek's win bumped their record up to 20-3. As for Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda, their loss dropped their record down to 3-21.

Everything came up roses for Hills-Beaver Creek against Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda in their previous meeting back in January, as the squad secured a 76-48 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hills-Beaver Creek since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.