Basketball Game Preview: Sublette Larks vs. Stanton County Trojans

By Team Reports Feb 17, 2024, 2:21am

Preview: Sublette Larks vs. Stanton County Trojans

Sublette has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Stanton County Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Sublette will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Kansas Rankings (they are ranked 326th, while Stanton County is ranked 117th).

On Friday, things could have been worse for Sublette, but they could have been a whole lot better as they took a 49-31 loss to Syracuse. Sublette has struggled against Syracuse recently, as their game on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup.

Meanwhile, Stanton County came up short against Wichita County on Tuesday and fell 63-50.

Despite the defeat, Stanton County got a solid performance out of Avery Scott, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 19 rebounds. Scott is crushing the block category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season. Another player making a difference was Hallie Waldron, who scored 12 points.

Sublette's defeat was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-19. As for Stanton County, their loss dropped their record down to 10-8.

Sublette ended up a good deal behind Stanton County when the teams last played back in January, losing 44-25. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Scott, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 20 rebounds. Now that Sublette knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.

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