Basketball Preview: Dacula Falcons vs. Mill Creek Hawks
It'll be Battle of the Birds when the Dacula Falcons duke it out with the Mill Creek Hawks at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday... Dacula is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.1 points per game this season.
Mill Creek is hoping to do what Mountain View couldn't on Friday: put an end to Dacula's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Dacula breezed by Mountain View to the tune of 55-19. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 41st, while the Bears are ranked 261st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Dacula to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ja'Nyrie Robinson, who posted 16 points in addition to five rebounds and five steals. The matchup was Robinson's third in a row with at least ten points. Asia Bryant was another key player, dropping a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds.
Dacula smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 21 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in eight consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Saturday Mill Creek sidestepped Lambert for a 49-47 victory.
Dacula's record now sits at 7-1. As for Mill Creek, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Dacula came up short against Mill Creek in their previous matchup back in February, falling 45-39. Can Dacula avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
