Basketball Recap: Smoky Valley Home Educators Skates Past Newton Homeschool with Ease

Smoky Valley Home Educators won the last time they faced Newton HomeSchool and things went their way on Monday too. Smoky Valley Home Educators took their matchup with ease, bagging a 61-28 victory over the Newton HomeSchool Panthers. Smoky Valley Home Educators has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 20 points or more this season.

Newton HomeSchool lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Eli Hoelscher, who posted three points and five rebounds.

Smoky Valley Home Educators is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-9 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.3 points over those games. As for Newton HomeSchool, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-12.

Looking ahead, Smoky Valley Home Educators will venture away from home to challenge Reno County HomeSchool at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Newton HomeSchool, they will host Wichita Defenders HomeSchool at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. Newton HomeSchool is facing Wichita Defenders HomeSchool at the right time seeing as Wichita Defenders HomeSchool is stuck on a three-game losing streak.