Basketball Preview: Round Mountain Knights vs. Indian Springs Thunderbirds
Round Mountain has been on the road for five straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Indian Springs Thunderbirds at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Round Mountain will be strutting in after a win while the Thunderbirds will be coming in after a loss.
Last Tuesday, Round Mountain was able to grind out a solid victory over the Leopards, taking the game 60-52.
Nick Scraper had an outrageously good game as he scored 21 points along with seven rebounds and two blocks. As a matter of fact, that's the most points he has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Marquez Zamora, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 14 rebounds.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 64-30, which was the final score in Indian Springs' tilt against the Eagles on Tuesday. Indian Springs was down 52-23 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Despite the defeat, Indian Springs saw an underclassman step up: Vance Dilger scored eight points along with five rebounds.
Round Mountain has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. As for Indian Springs, their defeat was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-9.
Round Mountain didn't have too much breathing room in their game against the Thunderbirds in their previous meeting back in January, but they still walked away with a 40-34 win. Does Round Mountain have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Thunderbirds turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
