Basketball Game Preview: Rural Vista [Hope/White City] Heat vs. Solomon Gorillas

Rural Vista [Hope/White City] hasn't had much luck against Solomon recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Rural Vista [Hope/White City] Heat will square off against the Solomon Gorillas at 7:00 p.m. Rural Vista [Hope/White City] is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.8 points per game this season.

Rural Vista [Hope/White City] is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Peabody-Burns: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Rural Vista [Hope/White City] blew Peabody-Burns out of the water with a 71-26 final score. With the Heat ahead 41-8 at the half, the game was all but over already.

Koden Sanford had a dynamite game for Rural Vista [Hope/White City], going 7 of 9 en route to 17 points. Those 17 points gave Sanford a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Landon Parker, who went 6 for 7 on his way to 14 points.

Rural Vista [Hope/White City] was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, Solomon came up short against Little River on Tuesday and fell 55-45.

Rural Vista [Hope/White City] has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.4 points per game. As for Solomon, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-7.

Rural Vista [Hope/White City] might still be hurting after the 59-37 loss they got from Solomon in their previous meeting back in February of 2024. Thankfully for Rural Vista [Hope/White City], Spencer Coup (who went 10 of 18 en route to 25 points along with seven rebounds and seven steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.