It'll be Battle of the Birds when the Mill Creek Hawks face off against the Collins Hill Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Friday... The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mill Creek has seven straight victories, Collins Hill has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Mill Creek is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Mountain View 61-10 on Tuesday. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 50th, while the Bears are ranked 455th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Collins Hill suffered their closest defeat since November 23, 2024 on Wednesday. They fell just short of Buford by a score of 50-47.
Mill Creek will have to contain Kaleigh Heywood as she made an impact in Collins Hill's last game. She went 5 of 11 on her way to 20 points and seven rebounds. That was a full 42.6% of Collins Hill's points, marking the third time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Disaya Reid, who had eight points and ten rebounds.
Even though they lost, Collins Hill smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 14 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive boards in three consecutive games.
Mill Creek pushed their record up to 11-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.3 points per game. As for Collins Hill, their loss dropped their record down to 5-11.
Mill Creek and Collins Hill were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, but Mill Creek came up empty-handed after a 52-51 defeat. Thankfully for Mill Creek, Paris Fillingame (who went 10 of 22 on her way to 25 points and seven steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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