Basketball Preview: Oakland-Craig Knights vs. Clarkson/Leigh Patriots
The Oakland-Craig Knights will be defending their home-court for the first time this season they go up against the Clarkson/Leigh Patriots at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Oakland-Craig is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Logan View/Scribner-Snyder. Oakland-Craig blew past Logan View/Scribner-Snyder 51-28 on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Knights have posted since January 16th.
Oakland-Craig found their leader in freshman Hilary Ray, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 11 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Ray a new career-high in offensive rebounds (six). Another player making a difference was Adi Rennerfeldt, who went 5 for 12 en route to 13 points plus five rebounds.
Oakland-Craig was working as a unit and finished the game with 12 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Logan View/Scribner-Snyder only posted three.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the match if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Clarkson/Leigh's strategy against Madison on Saturday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Clarkson/Leigh blew Madison out of the water with a 61-30 final score. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 36-12.
Clarkson/Leigh had a senior duo take command as Brynn Settje had ten points and Baylee Settje earned ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Izzy Hollatz, who posted six points.
Oakland-Craig came up short against Clarkson/Leigh when the teams last played back in February, falling 53-46. Thankfully for Oakland-Craig, Chloe Hanel (who went 8 for 12 en route to 25 points plus eight steals and five assists) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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