Basketball Game Preview: Morgan Trojans vs. South Summit Wildcats

By Team Reports Feb 2, 2025, 1:46am

Basketball Preview: Morgan Trojans vs. South Summit Wildcats

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Morgan is on a seven-game streak of home wins, while South Summit is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Morgan Trojans will host the South Summit Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. One thing working in Morgan's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.

Last Friday, Morgan beat Union 58-45. The 58-point effort marked the Trojans' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Meanwhile, South Summit was able to grind out a solid win over Grantsville on Friday, taking the game 58-48.

Morgan better keep an eye on Logan Woolstenhulme. He was instrumental in South Summit's win, dropping a double-double on 30 points and ten boards. The game was Woolstenhulme's 32nd in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Blake Osguthorpe, who posted 11 points.

South Summit has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.2 points per game. As for Morgan, their victory bumped their record up to 20-1.

Morgan beat South Summit 64-53 when the teams last played back in January. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Woolstenhulme, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 14 rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Morgan still be able to contain Woolstenhulme? There's only one way to find out.

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