The Hillcrest Academy boys basketball team will play the first back-to-back game of the season tonight when they are home to take on the New London Tigers. The Ravens are coming off of a road win on Friday at Columbus to improve to 4-3 on the year. On the year Eli Ours leads the Ravens with a 20 points per game average. The junior also leads the team with 25 assists. Kobe Borntrager leads the Ravens on the glass with 40 rebounds. He also has a team best 13 steals.
New London enters the night with a 2-3 overall record after a loss to WACO on Friday. The Tigers are led on the season by Grant Swanson scoring 19 points per game. He also the team’s leading rebounder at 47 on the year. Blaise Porter has the team lead with 24 assists. These two teams have not met since 2018 when they split a pair of meetings with the Tigers winning in the Superconference Shoot Out and the Ravens beating the Tigers for the district title two weeks later. You can hear all of the action live on AM 1380, FM 102.5 and KCIIradio.com, beginning with the Washington HyVee pregame show at 4p.m. and tip off at 4:30.