The Pleasant Grove Hawks will venture away from home to take on the Bonham Warriors at 6:45 p.m. on Friday. Pleasant Grove has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Pleasant Grove will head into Tuesday's game on the come-up: they were handed a 37-point defeat in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Tuesday. They skirted past Pittsburg 62-60. The win was a breath of fresh air for the Hawks as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.
Meanwhile, Bonham lost 61-41 to North Lamar on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 800th, while the Panthers are ranked 359th).
Pleasant Grove will have to contain Dj Stewart as he made an impact in Bonham's last game. He went 6 of 12 on his way to 14 points and six boards. The dominant performance also gave Stewart a new career-high in blocks (two). Heath Brown was another key player, putting up six points and five rebounds.
Bonham's loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 15-13. As for Pleasant Grove, their victory bumped their record up to 13-9.
Everything came up roses for Pleasant Grove against Bonham in their previous meeting on January 11th, as the team secured a 74-44 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pleasant Grove since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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