Basketball Recap: Hillcrest Continues Home Dominance on Wednesday

By Team Reports Feb 15, 2025, 7:43am

Basketball Recap: Hillcrest Knights vs. Shelley Russets

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Titan Larsen

Field Goal Percentage

02/12/25 vs Shelley68%
02/07/25 @ Idaho Falls40%
02/05/25 @ Bonneville40%
01/31/25 vs Blackfoot67%
01/29/25 @ Shelley58%
+ 15 more games

Hillcrest had won 14 straight home games dating back to last season and Titan Larsen did his part to make it 15 on Wednesday. The Hillcrest Knights took their match with ease, bagging a 76-38 win over the Shelley Russets thanks to Larsen, who went 11-for-17 from beyond the arc to rack up 44 points and five rebounds. Thanks to that strong game, he now owns an excellent 46.2% shooting accuracy.

Tate Prince also deserves some recognition as he pulled down his first boards of the season. Those two rebounds gave him a new career-high.

Hillcrest has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.6 points over those games. As for Shelley, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-12.

Hillcrest didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 61-60 loss against Rigby on the 14th. As for Shelley, they have also already played their next matchup, a 57-54 victory against Madison on the 14th.

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