Basketball Recap: Hoover Sets Scoring Season-High Against Louisville

Vikings

Team Score

02/04/25 @ Louisville	66
12/27/24 vs South	65
12/06/24 vs East	63
01/07/25 @ Boardman	63
01/31/25 @ Lake	62

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hoover). They walked away with a 66-56 win over the Louisville Leopards on Tuesday. This was payback for the Vikings, who suffered a 69-47 loss the last time these two teams met.

Louisville lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Brayden Gross, who went 6 for 8 on his way to 21 points and eight rebounds. The match was Gross' third in a row with at least ten points. Beau Siegfried was another key player, putting up 12 points.

Hoover has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for Louisville, their defeat ended a 20-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 13-5.

Hoover will challenge Perry at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Perry's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four games. As for Louisville, they will face off against St. Vincent-St. Mary at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.