The Cross Stingrays will challenge the Hilton Head Prep Dolphins at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Cross is coming into the game on a four-game losing streak.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 63-32, which was the final score in Cross' tilt against Thomas Heyward Academy on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Stingrays can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 291st, while the Rebels are ranked 139th).
Meanwhile, Hilton Head Prep entered their match against St. Andrew's on Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Hilton Head Prep took a 56-48 hit to the loss column at the hands of St. Andrew's.
Cross will need focus on slowing down Ty Harpring, one of several Hilton Head Prep players who made an impact when they last played. He dropped a double-double on 23 points and 14 rebounds. That was a full 47.9% of Hilton Head Prep's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Billy Barron, who had 13 points along with five boards and four steals.
Cross' loss dropped their record down to 4-15. As for Hilton Head Prep, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 14-4.
Cross was taken down by Hilton Head Prep 77-22 in their previous meeting back in November of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Harpring, who went 6 of 11 en route to 18 points. Now that Cross knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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