The North Hagerstown Hubs posted their closest win yet this season on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Linganore 61-58. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
North Hagerstown was led to victory by Brady Walters and Landon Somerville. Walters dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten rebounds, while Somerville scored 21 points along with eight rebounds and two steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Walters has scored at least a third of North Hagerstown's points. Another player making a difference was Will Bonds, who scored ten points along with five rebounds.
Linganore lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Christian Petruzzello, who scored 16 points along with five rebounds. Brandon Donaldson was another key contributor, scoring 12 points along with two steals.
Even though they lost, Linganore were working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as North Hagerstown only racked up seven assists.
North Hagerstown's win bumped their record up to 7-3. As for Linganore, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
North Hagerstown will head out on the road to square off against Tuscarora at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Tuscarora is still on the hunt for that elusive first 'W'. As for Linganore, they will square off against Urbana at TBD on Tuesday. One thing working in Urbana's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last six contests.
