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La Vega looks to be a solid team, but aren’t as good at slowing the ball down as China Spring. They beat Lumberton in the last minute. HJ beat the raiders by 48 earlier in the season. I expect a better performance from the hawks in a game that should suit their tempo and style of play a little better. That said, La Vega will copy China Spring if they’re smart, and they’ve shown this year they can win low-scoring games. I think the hawks win this one more comfortably. I’ll say 76-52 if LV tries to slow it down, but by more if LV falls into HJs style and tempo.

I only listened to the broadcast. There were a lot of calls on them during the press, AND a lot of calls on shots in the paint. They just called it tight all the way around. They called a ton on CS as well, who had two players foul out. That said, the refs calling it that way definitely benefited CS. It slowed down HJs press some, and bailed CS out of some turnovers. They also got a lot of points from the line when they were struggling to score from the field. The announcer made it sound like there were more no-calls that benefited CS than HJ, but each team probably had 25 fouls for the game

57-47 is the final. Good test for HJ against a slowdown offense and refs calling a super tight game

20 seconds left. Hawks will advance. 55-45

53-45

51-45

51-43. Sneed just fouled out for HJ

49-43, 1:28 left

49-42

47-42

Just fouled out another CS player. HJ up 46-42 with a ft to go. 2:28 left

One of CS main players just fouled out. HJ going to the line for 3 shots

45-42 with 3:00 to go

45-40, 3:48 left

42-40

Jackson with a big 3. 42-36 with 5:02 to play

Hawks up 39-36

HJ leads 28-21 at the half

With 1:37 left in the half hawks lead 25-17

20-13. Jackson heating up. Hawks aren’t hitting 100 tonight. The good news is they quit fouling

18-13 hawks, pressure finally getting to CS. 3:48 left in the half

11-10 hawks a minute and a half into the 2nd

Hawks down 10-9 after 1. 10 fouls on the hawks in the quarter

Jackson has either 2 or 3 fouls in the first quarter and is sitting

9 fouls now. China spring will be in the double bonus the entire 2nd quarter