Preview: Marmaton Valley Wildcats vs. Dighton Hornets
The Marmaton Valley Wildcats's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Dighton Hornets at 2:00 p.m. on March 6th. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard on Wednesday.
Marmaton Valley has not done well against Altoona-Midway recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Marmaton Valley snuck past Altoona-Midway with a 62-57 win.
Meanwhile, Dighton came tearing into Saturday's matchup with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 36.1 points) and they left with even more momentum. They strolled past Wallace County with points to spare, taking the game 56-42. The score was all tied up 22-22 at the break, but Dighton was the better team in the second half.
Dighton can attribute much of their success to Daniel Cramer, who scored 20 points along with five assists, and Carson Shimer, who scored 21 points along with eight rebounds and three steals. Shimer has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Payton Redburn, who scored five points along with five rebounds.
Marmaton Valley has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-11 record this season. As for Dighton, they pushed their record up to 21-1 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home.
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