The Baker Hornets will challenge the Bryant Hurricanes at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Baker has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with five straight losses, while Bryant will come in with three straight wins.
Baker is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Davidson on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Baker lost 61-40 to Davidson. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 287th, while the Warriors are ranked 57th).
Meanwhile, Bryant made easy work of Mary G. Montgomery on Tuesday and carried off a 58-34 victory.
Bryant's win bumped their record up to 13-9. As for Baker, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-16.
Baker came up short against Bryant when the teams last played last Tuesday, falling 69-56. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bryant's Mari-Margret Grayson, who went 8 of 19 on her way to 22 points in addition to six boards and four steals. Now that Baker knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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