Huntingtown and McDonough are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2017, but not for long. The Huntingtown Hurricanes will be playing at home against the McDonough Rams at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
McDonough will be up against a hot Huntingtown team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. Huntingtown came out on top against Calvert by a score of 72-60 on Friday. Given the Hurricanes' advantage in MaxPreps' Maryland basketball rankings (they are ranked 130th, while the Cavaliers are ranked 272nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
| 01/17/25 vs Calvert | 4 |
| 01/26/24 @ McDonough | 4 |
| 12/20/23 vs Northern | 3 |
| 12/29/23 vs Parkdale | 3 |
| 01/30/24 @ Calvert | 3 |
Nate Harris had a dynamite game for Huntingtown, going 9 of 14 on his way to 25 points and four steals. That's the most steals Harris has posted since back in January of 2024. Another player making a difference was Brady Swann, who went 5 for 10 en route to 14 points in addition to six assists and three steals.
Meanwhile, it may have taken overtime to finish the job, but McDonough ultimately got the result they hoped for on Wednesday. They managed a 55-51 victory over Westlake. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Rams.
Huntingtown's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-4. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.5 points per game. As for McDonough, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season.
Huntingtown and McDonough were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in December of 2024, but Huntingtown came up empty-handed after a 70-69 loss. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of McDonough's Zavian Riley, who went 9 of 18 on his way to 26 points and four steals. Now that Huntingtown 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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