The Long Beach Bearcats will head out to challenge the Hancock Hawks at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Long Beach has given up an average of 52.3 points per game this season, but Monday’s game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Long Beach came into their game on Friday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They had to suffer through a 74-40 loss at the hands of Biloxi. The Bearcats haven’t had much luck with the Indians recently, as the team has come up short the last eight times they’ve met.
Meanwhile, Hancock came up short against Biloxi on Thursday and fell 61-52. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can’t take it too hard given the team’s big disadvantage in MaxPreps’ Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 141st, while the Indians are ranked 19th).
Long Beach’s defeat dropped their record down to 10-16. As for Hancock, their loss dropped their record down to 9-19.
Long Beach came up short against Hancock in their previous meeting last Tuesday, falling 51-46. Can the Bearcats avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We’ll find out soon enough.
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