Even though the Taft Raiders scored an imposing 58 points on Wednesday, the Harlan Hawks still came out on top. Harlan took their contest against Taft 69-58. Given Harlan's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 102nd, while Taft is ranked 645th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Harlan was led to victory by Josiah Jones and Knowledge Carter. Jones scored 19 points, while Carter scored 22 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Carter has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Elijah Moore, who scored eight points.
Harlan is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-11 record this season. As for Taft, they are on an 18-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-26.
Harlan does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Taft also has no future games currently scheduled.
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