Basketball Game Preview: Skyview Wolverines vs. Adams City Eagles

By Team Reports Feb 17, 2025, 11:57pm

Basketball Preview: Skyview Wolverines vs. Adams City Eagles

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Skyview is a perfect 10-0 against Adams City since December of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. The Skyview Wolverines will be playing at home against the Adams City Eagles at 6:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Skyview has 11 straight victories, Adams City has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Skyview is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Thornton: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Skyview blew Thornton out of the water with a 64-12 final score. The Wolverines have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 contests by 20 points or more this season.

Nevaeh Lucero

Steals

02/13/25 vs Thornton8
02/11/25 @ Gateway4
02/07/25 vs Rangeview3
02/04/25 vs Adams City7
02/01/25 vs Strasburg3
+ 6 more games

Nevaeh Lucero continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 10-for-15 en route to 21 points and eight steals. She is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed three or more in each of the last 11 games she's played. Yzabella Tafoya was another key player, putting up 15 points along with seven rebounds and five steals.

Meanwhile, Adams City scored the most points they've had this season on Thursday, but it wasn't enough. They took a 54-46 hit to the loss column at the hands of Gateway.

Skyview will need to focus on slowing down Arianna Blue, one of several Adams City players who made an impact when they last played. She almost dropped a double-double with 18 points and nine steals. Another player making a difference was Evelyn Reyes, who posted six points in addition to 15 boards and six blocks.

Even though they lost, Adams City smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 21 offensive rebounds. This was only their 12th loss (out of 16 games) when they hit their own glass that hard.

Skyview pushed their record up to 17-4 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 25.9 points over those games. As for Adams City, their loss dropped their record down to 4-17.

Everything came up roses for Skyview against Adams City in their previous meeting two weeks ago, as the squad secured a 64-25 victory. In that game, Skyview amassed a halftime lead of 38-8, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.

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