Preview: Northern Valley Huskies vs. Hill City Ringnecks
The Northern Valley Huskies will be playing in front of their home fans against the Hill City Ringnecks at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Northern Valley comes in on three and Hill City on five.
In what's become a running theme this season, Northern Valley gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. They breezed by Golden Plains at home to the tune of 84-42. Given Northern Valley's advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 109th, while Golden Plains is ranked 328th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jeremiah Hansen continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 31 points along with two steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points he has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jason Cox, who scored 11 points along with eight assists and five rebounds.
Hill City proved they can win big on Monday (they won by 32) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Logan/Palco and snuck past 54-51. The score was all tied up 22-22 at the break, but Hill City was the better team in the second half.
Hill City got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Carson Keith out in front who scored 15 points along with two steals. Keith has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Dylan Gansel was another key contributor, scoring 16 points.
Northern Valley's victory bumped their record up to 18-1. As for Hill City, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Northern Valley hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 70.2 points per game. However, it's not like Hill City struggles in that department as they've been averaging 55.2 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other basketball content.
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