Spring Creek is 1-9 against Elko since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Spring Creek Spartans will be playing at home against the Elko Indians at 7:30 p.m. Spring Creek is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.7 points per game this season.
Spring Creek is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Fernley, who was ranked 14th at the time (Spring Creek was ranked 17th). Spring Creek took a 47-43 hit to the loss column at the hands of Fernley.
Despite the loss, Spring Creek got top-tier performance from Djrevan Demick, who went 5 of 9 en route to 14 points and five steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Tayden Francis, who posted eight points and five boards.
Even though they lost, Spring Creek smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in 15 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Elko earned a 42-29 win over Dayton on Saturday.
Spring Creek's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-6. As for Elko, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-11 record this season.
Spring Creek beat Elko 48-35 in their previous matchup back in January. Will Spring Creek repeat their success, or does Elko have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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