Basketball Recap: Hoover Piles Up the Points Against Buchtel

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Previous 3 Games

02/08/25 - Home	61-19 W
02/03/24 - Away	48-27 W
01/04/23 - Home	50-16 W

You can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Hoover's strategy against Buchtel on Saturday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Hoover Vikings blew the Buchtel Griffins out of the water with a 61-19 final score. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 120th, while the Griffins are ranked 595th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Buchtel's loss came despite a true team effort with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Phoenix Hafford, who posted four points. Another player making a difference was Shaylah Jones, who put up seven points and five rebounds.

Hoover has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-9 record this season. As for Buchtel, they dropped their record down to 4-15 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.

Hoover will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Harding at 7:00 p.m. on February 19th. As for Buchtel, they have already played their next match, a 62-54 victory against North on the 12th.