Basketball Game Preview: Heide Trask Titans vs. Pender Patriots

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Previous Games

02/16/24 - Home	83-37 W
01/23/24 - Away	61-47 W
02/15/23 - Home	2-0 W
02/10/23 - Away	62-41 W
01/24/23 - Home	76-58 W
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Heide Trask has gone 8-2 against Pender recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Heide Trask Titans will host the Pender Patriots at 7:30 p.m. One thing working in Heide Trask's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last five contests.

On Friday, Heide Trask beat East Columbus 60-50.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pender). They blew past West Columbus 64-41 on Friday. The Patriots pushed the score to 50-30 by the end of the third, a deficit the Vikings had little chance of recovering from.

Pender's win came from a few key players Heide Trask will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Ryan Howell, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 12 rebounds. He has been hot for a while, having also posted two or more blocks the last 11 times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jordan Hansley, who posted 18 points and three steals.

Heide Trask is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-9 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.2 points per game. As for Pender, their victory ended a seven-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-7.

Everything came up roses for Heide Trask against Pender when the teams last played back in February of 2024, as the squad secured an 83-37 win. Does Heide Trask have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pender turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.