Preview: Highland Park Scots vs. Pittsburg Dragons
The Highland Park Scots will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against the Pittsburg Dragons at 6:00 p.m. Highland Park will be looking to keep their 17-game home win streak (dating back to last season) alive.
Highland Park can now show off 11 landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Friday. They blew past Washington 63-42. The high-flying offensive effort was a huge turnaround for Highland Park considering their seven-point performance the game before.
Highland Park relied on the efforts of Pearmella Carter, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten rebounds, and Angelique Gowan-Britt, who dropped a triple-double on 18 points, 17 rebounds, and 13 assists. Gowan-Britt is crushing the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Koralee Jones, who scored four points along with two steals.
Meanwhile, Pittsburg suffered a rough 50-29 defeat at the hands of Labette County last Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Pittsburg can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 223rd, while Labette County is ranked 76th).
Highland Park is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Pittsburg, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-11.
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