Basketball Recap: Faith Extends Winning Streak to Four

By Team Reports Feb 3, 2025, 9:09am

Basketball Recap: Faith Longhorns vs. Potter County co-op [Gettysburg/Hoven] Battlers

Longhorns

Margin (Wins)

01/24/25 vs Bison44
12/10/24 vs Bison40
12/17/24 @ McIntosh38
01/17/25 vs Newell27
01/25/25 vs McIntosh25

Faith entered their tilt with Potter County co-op [Gettysburg/Hoven] on Saturday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They blew past the Potter County co-op [Gettysburg/Hoven] Battlers 64-41. The Longhorns have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight contests by 21 points or more this season.

Potter County co-op [Gettysburg/Hoven]'s defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of PEYTON STEVENS, who shot 5-for-8 from downtown and almost dropped a double-double on 21 points and nine rebounds, and EMMA SCHLACHTER, who went 8 of 14 on her way to 18 points along with five boards and four steals. SCHLACHTER has been hot for a while, having posted two or more steals the last 11 times she's played.

Faith has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.1 points per game. As for Potter County co-op [Gettysburg/Hoven], their loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 5-9.

Faith will square off against Herreid/Selby at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Herreid/Selby will roll in looking for their fifth straight victory, something Faith surely won't give up without a fight. As for Potter County co-op [Gettysburg/Hoven], they will take on Redfield at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Potter County co-op [Gettysburg/Hoven] is facing Redfield at the right time seeing as Redfield is stuck on a 12-game losing streak.

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