Basketball Game Preview: Black Hills Wolves vs. Aberdeen Bobcats

Black Hills has gone 8-2 against Aberdeen recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Black Hills Wolves are taking a road trip to challenge the Aberdeen Bobcats at 7:00 p.m. Black Hills is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.1 points per game this season.

Last Tuesday, Black Hills didn't have too much trouble with Centralia as they won 63-48. Given the Wolves' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 117th, while the Tigers are ranked 275th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Black Hills' win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Ellie Johnson, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 12 boards. Johnson has been hot, having posted eight or more rebounds the last eight times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Venable, who went 8 for 16 en route to 20 points.

Black Hills was working as a unit and finished the game with 22 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.

Meanwhile, Aberdeen was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost 51-29 to Tumwater.

Black Hills has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.1 points per game. As for Aberdeen, their loss dropped their record down to 4-13.

Everything went Black Hills' way against Aberdeen in their previous meeting back in January, as Black Hills made off with a 62-40 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Black Hills since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.