The Festus Tigers are taking a road trip to face off against the Hillsboro Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Festus is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Last Tuesday, Festus ended up a good deal behind St. Francis Borgia and lost 73-56. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 226th, while the Knights are ranked 85th).
Meanwhile, Hillsboro was fully in charge on Tuesday, breezing past Fox 63-27.
Festus better focus on containing Gunner Sutton and Gregory Robinson as the pair were huge in Hillsboro's win. Sutton went 10 of 15 on his way to 30 points, while Robinson went 6 for 11 en route to 15 points along with seven rebounds and six assists. The dominant performance gave Sutton a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Cooper Mcgrath, who posted ten points.
Hillsboro now has a winning record of 9-8. As for Festus, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-7.
Festus couldn't quite finish off Hillsboro in their previous meeting back in January and fell 40-37. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Robinson, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 22 boards. Now that Festus 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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