Basketball Recap: Northwest Area's Win on Friday Extends Winning Streak to Eight

Rangers

Previous Games

01/31/25 @ Millville	57-40
01/27/25 vs Northumberland Christian	52-13
01/25/25 @ Hanover Area	66-26
01/24/25 vs Columbia Montour Vo-Tech	60-13
01/21/25 vs Neumann Regional Academy	52-21
+ 3 more games

Northwest Area had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 37.7 points) and they went ahead and made it eight on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 57-40 win over the Millville Quakers. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 61-26 back in December of 2024.

Millville lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Larissa Evans, who posted 15 points along with seven steals and five rebounds. That was a full 37.5% of Millville's points, marking the 11th time in a row she's scored more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Julia Hippenstiel, who put up 11 points and six boards.

Northwest Area is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 22.5 points per game. As for Millville, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-7.

Northwest Area will host Benton at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Northwest Area's defense has only allowed 25.6 points per game this season, so Benton's offense will have their work cut out for them. Millville has already played their next contest (against Sullivan County), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.