Basketball Game Preview: Central Mountain Wildcats vs. Forest Hills Rangers

The Central Mountain Wildcats will challenge the Forest Hills Rangers at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Last Saturday, Central Mountain beat Midd-West 67-55. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.

Hunter Hoy continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, putting up 13 points and six steals. Hoy is crushing it when it comes to steals: he's grabbed at least two every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Max Verrelli, who posted ten points and seven rebounds.

Central Mountain was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, Forest Hills' undefeated season came to an end after 12 games on Saturday. They lost to Greater Johnstown on the road by a 76-59 margin. The loss put an end to the Rangers' undefeated start to the season.

Central Mountain will need focus on slowing down Brandon Gregovich, one of several Forest Hills players who made an impact when they last played. He went 8 of 10 on his way to 16 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dylan Stohon, who went 6 of 14 on his way to 17 points and seven rebounds.

Central Mountain has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.8 points per game. As for Forest Hills, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 12-1.

Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as Central Mountain and Forest Hills are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Central Mountain hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 56.1 points per game. However, it's not like Forest Hills struggles in that department as they've been averaging 68.5 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.