Basketball Recap: Make It Seven in a Row for Blue Valley

Tigers

Previous Games

02/04/25 vs Washburn Rural	70-48
01/30/25 @ Manhattan	64-50
01/29/25 vs Ruskin	87-57
01/25/25 vs Olathe Northwest	59-50
01/24/25 @ Valley Center	51-38
+ 2 more games

You're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Blue Valley on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Washburn Rural Blues as the Blue Valley Tigers made off with a 70-48 win. The victory was familiar territory for the Tigers who have now won seven matchups in a row.

Washburn Rural's loss came despite strong showings from Amare Jones and Simon Rowley. Jones went 5 of 11 en route to 16 points and seven boards, while Rowley went 7 for 13 on his way to 15 points. Another player making a difference was Kaden Ballard, who posted eight points and six rebounds.

Blue Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.2 points per game. As for Washburn Rural, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-4.

A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Blue Valley Tigers challenge the Blue Valley West Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Blue Valley West will roll in looking for their eighth straight win, something Blue Valley surely won't give up without a fight. Washburn Rural has already played their next game (against Topeka), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.