Hazel Park has been on the road for five straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Center Line Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Hazel Park pushed their score all the way to 60 on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 68-60 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lamphere. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their last game two weeks ago (59), Hazel Park still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Center Line's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They took a 53-39 bruising from Clintondale.
The losing side was boosted by Terez Holmes, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 16 rebounds.
Hazel Park's loss was their fifth straight on the road, which bumped their record down to 3-9. That rough patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.4 points per game. As for Center Line, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-2.
Hazel Park ended up a good deal behind Center Line in their previous meeting on January 4th, losing 66-50. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Center Line's Jordan Zeigler, who scored 12 points along with four steals. Now that Hazel Park knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
