Basketball Game Preview: Mountlake Terrace Hawks vs. Shorecrest Scots

Mountlake Terrace and Shorecrest are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2016, but not for long. The Mountlake Terrace Hawks will head out to face off against the Shorecrest Scots at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.

Mountlake Terrace is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came out on top against Archbishop Murphy by a score of 71-58 on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Shorecrest didn't have too much trouble with Meadowdale on Tuesday as they won 75-58. Given the Scots' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 16th, while the Mavericks are ranked 111th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Mountlake Terrace's victory bumped their record up to 7-8. As for Shorecrest, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 13-1.

Mountlake Terrace suffered a grim 65-39 defeat to Shorecrest in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. Can Mountlake Terrace avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.