Basketball Recap: Wall Skates Past Merkel with Ease

Hawks

Margin (Wins)

12/17/24 @ San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy	66
12/26/24 vs Hamlin	64
01/24/25 vs Grape Creek	50
01/28/25 @ Merkel	47
01/07/25 @ Clyde	44

Wall won the last time they faced Merkel and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Wall Hawks took their contest with ease, bagging a 71-24 win over the Merkel Badgers. The Hawks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 14 matchups by 24 points or more this season.

Wall has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-8 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 40 points. As for Merkel, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-16.

When Wall and Merkel next hit the court, they'll be up against teams who recently just can't seem to lose. Wall will try to stop Clyde's four-game winning streak when the meet at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Similarly, Merkel will take on Jim Ned and their eight-game winning streak at 6:15 p.m. on Friday.