Preview: Urbana Hillclimbers vs. Northwestern Warriors
The Urbana Hillclimbers will look to defend their home court on Saturday against the Northwestern Warriors at 2:00 p.m. Hopefully Urbana focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up seven on Wednesday.
Urbana can now show off 11 landslide victories after their most recent match. They took their contest at home with ease, bagging a 74-38 win over Tecumseh. The victory was familiar territory for Urbana who now have three in a row.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Urbana to victory, but perhaps none more so than Peyton Mounce, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten rebounds. Mounce hasn't dropped below two blocks for 20 straight games. Another player making a difference was Alexandra Dixon, who scored 16 points along with six rebounds and five assists.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 72-27, which was the final score in Northwestern's tilt against Troy Christian on Saturday. Northwestern has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Urbana's victory bumped their record up to 17-5. As for Northwestern, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost seven of their last nine matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-17 record this season.
Everything came up roses for Urbana against Northwestern in their previous matchup back in December of 2023 as the team secured a 68-28 victory. Does Urbana have another victory up their sleeve, or will Northwestern turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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