Continental is 1-9 against Hicksville since December of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Continental Pirates will be playing in front of their home fans against the Hicksville Aces at 7:30 p.m.
Continental will head into Saturday's match ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Temple Christian on Saturday, but the three-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 44-point defeat they were dealt on Friday. Continental fell just short of Temple Christian by a score of 33-30.
Meanwhile, Hicksville had just enough and edged Montpelier out 66-63 on Monday.
Hicksville relied on the efforts of Garrett Turnbull, who went 7 for 16 en route to 23 points plus three steals, and Austin Sanders, who had 14 points. Turnbull's evening made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Rosalez, who had ten points along with two steals.
Hicksville was working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.
Continental's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Hicksville, their victory bumped their record up to 2-0.
Continental might still be hurting after the 49-24 defeat they got from Hicksville in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Turnbull, who went 7 for 11 en route to 17 points plus eight rebounds and four steals. Now that Continental 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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