Basketball Game Preview: Wells Wells CSD vs. Northville Falcons

Wells hasn't had much luck against Northville recently, but that could start to change on Friday. Both will round out the year against one another at at 7:30 p.m. Wells is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 61.2 points per game this season.

Wells will bounce into Friday's game after beating Keene Central, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Wells snuck past Keene Central with a 63-57 win on Thursday. The Wells CSD pushed the score to 53-32 by the end of the third, a deficit the Beavers cut but never quite recovered from.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Wells to victory, but perhaps none more so than Evan Mutz, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 16 boards. With that strong performance, Mutz is now averaging an impressive 2.5 steals per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Chase Brooks, who went 8 of 18 on his way to 22 points.

Wells was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Keene Central only racked up seven assists.

Meanwhile, Northville played a tough matchup on Wednesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were outmatched by Fonda-Fultonville and fell 63-27. The contest marked the Falcons' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Wells pushed their record up to 3-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.3 points per game. As for Northville, they now have a losing record at 2-3.

Wells came out on top in a nail-biter against Northville in their previous matchup on December 6th, sneaking past 59-56. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wells since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.