The Highland Prep Honey Badgers will venture away from home to square off against the Thatcher Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Highland Prep will head out to face Thatcher after giving up their first home loss of the season on Thursday. Highland Prep took a 68-53 bruising from Parker.
Meanwhile, Thatcher played a tough matchup on Thursday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against Sabino, falling 98-74. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (72), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
Highland Prep will have to contain Isaac Palmer as he made an impact in Thatcher's last game. He dropped a double-double with 23 points and 11 rebounds. Palmer has become a key player for Thatcher: the team is 10-3 when he posts at least eight boards, but 7-8 otherwise. Wyatt Nicholas was another key player, almost dropping a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds.
Even though they lost, Thatcher smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 11 offensive rebounds in three consecutive contests.
The loss was their first at home , dropping their record down to 17-8. As for Thatcher, their defeat dropped their record down to 17-11.
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