Preview: Wheatland-Chili Wildcats vs. Byron-Bergen Bees
Wheatland-Chili is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Byron-Bergen is on a 11-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Wheatland-Chili Wildcats will take on the Byron-Bergen Bees at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Wheatland-Chili has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
On Wednesday, Wheatland-Chili didn't have too much trouble with Kendall on the road as they won 58-41.
Leighton Williams continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 23 points. That makes it six consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Wheatland-Chili's points. Anari Trotter was another key contributor, scoring 12 points.
Meanwhile, even though Fillmore scored an imposing 66 points back in December of 2023, Byron-Bergen still came out on top. Byron-Bergen took down Fillmore 80-66.
Braedyn Chambry went supernova for Byron-Bergen, dropping a double-double on 41 points and 18 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Brody Baubie, who scored 22 points along with eight rebounds.
Wheatland-Chili's victory bumped their record up to 8-2. As for Byron-Bergen, their victory bumped their record up to 2-0.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the pair are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Wheatland-Chili hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having only averaged 57.8 points per game. However, it's not like Byron-Bergen struggles in that department as they've been averaging 70.5 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Wheatland-Chili skirted past Byron-Bergen 77-74 when the teams last played back in February of 2023. Will Wheatland-Chili repeat their success, or does Byron-Bergen have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
