The Harrison Central Red Rebels and the West Florida Jaguars will face off at 4:00 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
West Florida is hoping to do what Cottage Hill Christian Academy couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Harrison Central's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Harrison Central managed a 65-61 win over Cottage Hill Christian Academy. With that victory, the Red Rebels brought their scoring average up to 50.4 points per game.
| 12/26/24 vs Cottage Hill Christian Academy | 10 |
| 12/20/24 @ Port Gibson | 16 |
| 12/13/24 vs St. Martin | 8 |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Harrison Central to victory, but perhaps none more so than Hayden Boggs, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and ten boards. Boggs has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Ke'Adrian Brown, who went 5 of 6 on his way to 10 points in addition to eight rebounds and four steals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask West Florida). They slipped by St. Paul's Episcopal 78-77 on Thursday. The win was all the more spectacular given the Jaguars' disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 525th in Florida, while the Saints are ranked 130th in Alabama).
The victory made it two in a row for West Florida and bumps their season record up to 4-7. As for Harrison Central, their win bumped their record up to 7-8.
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