I greatly enjoyed the Hillcrest game last night. Got to see Freeman dunk three times. He's a BEAST and maybe the best player in the city as a sophomore.
Neat sequence where Hillcrest scored just before the buzzer and then stole the in-bounds pass which allowed Freeman to hit a jumper before time run out. I thought it broke Joplin's back.
Also, with the 75-52 win by Hillcrest they finally moved ahead of Joplin in the all-time series 40-39. The Hornets had never led the series since the two teams started playing in 1959.
http://hillcresthornetbasketball.weebly.com/vs-ozark-conference-teams.html
Joplin Eagles
40-39 (.506%)
Jan. 16, '59 / L 40-43 (0-1)
Jan. 30, '59 / L 46-57 (0-2)
Feb. 10, '59 / L 36-50 (0-3)
Dec. 5, '59 / L 53-68 (0-4)
Jan. 3, '60 / L 49-55 (0-5)
Jan. 19, '60 / L 57-63 (0-6)
Feb. 5, '60 / L 37-40 (0-7)
Jan. 27, '61 / L 39-52 (0-8)
Feb. 17, '61 / L 51-64 (0-9)
Jan. 26, '62 / L 50-55 (0-10)
Feb. 13, '62 / L 43-45 (0-11)
Jan. 19, '63 / L 63-82 (0-12)
Feb. 15, '63 / L 61-73 (0-13)
Dec. 27, '63 / L 42-75 (0-14)
Feb. 14, '64 / L 71-83 (0-15)
Feb. 28, '64 / L 74-92 (0-16)
Dec. 22, '64 / L 43-68 (0-17)
Feb. 23, '65 / L 40-57 (0-18)
Jan. 7, '66 / L 61-81 (0-19)
Jan. 28, '66 / L 43-65 (0-20)
Jan. 17, '67 / L 45-65 (0-21)
Feb. 17, '67 / L 72-89 (0-22)
Feb. 27, '67 / L 56-68 (0-23)
Jan. 16, '68 / W 68-45 (1-23)
Feb. 16, '68 / W 67-49 (2-23)
Jan. 3, '85 / W 54-44 (3-23)
Dec. 30, '86 / W 41-32 (4-23)
Jan. 11, '87 / L 38-39 (4-24)
Jan. 8, '88 / L 56-66 (4-25)
Dec. 27, '88 / W 72-71 (5-25)
Jan. 27, '89 / L 49-58 (5-26)
Feb. 21, '89 / L 48-56 (5-27)
Jan. 26, '90 / L 51-55 (5-28)
Feb. 20, '90 / W 62-52 (6-28)
Dec. 11, '90 / W 59-39 (7-28)
Jan. 29, '91 / W 54-34 (8-28)
Dec. 17, '91 / W 51-39 (9-28)
Feb. 4, '92 / W 57-44 (10-28)
Dec. 22, '92 / W 56-45 (11-28)
Feb. 9, '93 / L 51-55 (11-29)
Jan. 11, '94 / W 70-60 (12-29)
Feb. 8, '94 / L 60-63 OT (12-30)
Jan. 31, '95 / L 49-51 OT (12-31)
Feb. 17, '95 / W 40-36 (13-31)
Jan. 30, '96 / L 30-64 (13-32)
Feb. 16, '96 / L 49-60 (13-33)
Jan. 14, '97 / W 59-55 (14-33)
Feb. 14, '97 / W 65-54 (15-33)
Dec. 5, '97 / W 59-56 (16-33)
Jan. 20, '98 / W 59-57 (17-33)
Feb. 13, '98 / W 55-51 (18-33)
Jan. 12, '99 / L 59-64 (18-34)
Feb. 9, '99 / W 58-54 (19-34)
Dec. 4, '99 / W 59-45 (20-34)
Jan. 11, '00 / W 62-48 (21-34)
Feb. 8, '00 / L 49-54 (21-35)
Dec. 2, '00 / W 57-42 (22-35)
Jan. 2, '01 / W 55-41 (23-35)
Feb. 6, '01 / W 56-48 (24-35)
Nov. 30, '01 / L 55-60 (24-36)
Jan. 22, '02 / W 51-43 (25-36)
Dec. 3, '02 / L 48-49 (25-37)
Jan. 25, '03 / L 47-52 (25-38)
Feb. 14, '03 / W 73-57 (26-38)
Feb. 13, '04 / W 74-47 (27-38)
Feb. 8, '05 / W 65-61 (28-38)
Feb. 7, '06 / W 65-58 (29-38)
Feb. 6, '07 / W 66-48 (30-38)
Feb. 5, '08 / W 60-41 (31-38)
Feb. 10, '09 / W 72-52 (32-38)
Feb. 9, '10 / W 60-53 (33-38)
Feb. 27, '10 / W 52-37 (34-38)
Feb. 8, '11 / W 55-46 (35-38)
Feb. 7, '12 / W 64-56 (36-38)
Feb. 5, '13 / W 74-32 (37-38)
Feb. 11, '14 / L 60-61 (37-39)
Feb. 10, '15 / W 73-50 (38-39)
Feb. 9, '16 / W 66-61 (39-39)
Feb. 7, '17 / W 75-52 (40-39)