Basketball Recap: Tuesday's Victory Is Clover Park's Seventh in Last Eight Outings

If Washington wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Clover Park, they should've done a better job of containing Ijohn Taylor. The Clover Park Timberwolves put the hurt on the Washington Patriots with a sharp 81-61 win on Tuesday thanks in part to Taylor, who went 14 for 18 en route to 31 points. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 15.8 points per game.

Another player making a difference was Marshall Scott, who went 5 of 8 on his way to 12 points along with seven steals and six assists. Those seven steals gave him a new career-high.

Clover Park is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 74.9 points per game. As for Washington, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 9-7.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Clover Park will host Orting at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Clover Park is facing Orting at the right time seeing as Orting is stuck on a three-game losing streak. Washington has already played their next game (against Steilacoom), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.