Basketball Game Preview: Mill Creek Hawks vs. Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes

The Mill Creek Hawks will take on the Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes in a tournament on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Mill Creek is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Cherokee 72-46 on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.

Monroe Area fell on hard times earlier this season, but after back-to-back victories it seems like their luck might finally be changing. They came out on top against Walnut Grove by a score of 45-36 on Thursday.

Mill Creek is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.8 points per game. As for Monroe Area, their win bumped their record up to 3-6.