The Hillsboro Hawks will be playing at home against the Poplar Bluff Mules at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hillsboro knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past five matches -- so hopefully Poplar Bluff likes a good challenge.
Last Thursday, Hillsboro was fully in charge, breezing past Pacific 73-45 at home. Given Hillsboro's advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while Pacific is ranked 354th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, even though Central scored an imposing 74 points on Thursday, Poplar Bluff still came out on top. Poplar Bluff snuck past Central with a 79-74 victory.
Hillsboro has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season. As for Poplar Bluff, their win bumped their record up to 13-9.
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