Basketball Recap: Poly Skates Past Valley View with Ease

You're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Poly on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew the Valley View Eagles out of the water with a 73-39 final score. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Bears had established a 33 point advantage.

Valley View lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Kenneth Hutchinson, who posted 11 points. Cole McFarland also deserves some recognition as he posted his first block of the season.

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Previous 2 Games

01/30/25 vs Valley View	73-39
01/28/25 @ Arlington	55-37

The win made it two in a row for Poly and bumps their season record up to 17-9. As for Valley View, they have also traveled a rocky road recently having lost 14 of their last 15 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-21 record this season.

Poly will challenge Hillcrest at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. As for Valley View, they will take on Arlington at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Valley View is facing Arlington at the right time seeing as Arlington is stuck on a four-game losing streak.