Preview: Valor Christian Eagles vs. ThunderRidge Grizzlies
The Valor Christian Eagles will take on the ThunderRidge Grizzlies at TBD on Friday. Valor Christian has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 574 points over their last eight games.
With a playoff game on the line, Valor Christian rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They blew past the Impalas 74-30 on the road. Valor Christian has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 matchups by 22 points or more this season.
Valor Christian found their leader in underclassman Camryn Gunter, who scored 20 points along with eight rebounds and five steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Gunter has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Peyton Jones, who scored 16 points along with four steals.
Meanwhile, ThunderRidge had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.5 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They snuck past Broomfield with a 45-39 victory.
Valor Christian is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for ThunderRidge, they pushed their record up to 16-8 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Everything came up roses for Valor Christian against ThunderRidge when the teams last played back in December of 2017 as the team secured a 64-34 win. In that match, Valor Christian amassed a halftime lead of 33-12, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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