Whitehorse and Green River are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2019, but not for long. The Whitehorse Raiders are on the road again on Friday and plays the Green River Pirates at 2:30 p.m. on March 1st. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
With a playoff game on the line, Whitehorse rose to the challenge on Thursday. They slipped by the Moquis 46-45. The victory was just what Whitehorse needed coming off of a 80-56 defeat in their prior game.
Lyric Phillips continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 22 points. That makes it 14 consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Whitehorse's points. Another player making a difference was Larenz Tsosie, who scored 12 points.
Meanwhile, Green River was able to grind out a solid win over Altamont on Thursday, taking the game 60-47.
Whitehorse is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 12-12 record this season. As for Green River, their win bumped their record up to 17-8.
Whitehorse might still be hurting after the 78-58 defeat they got from Green River when the teams last played back in January. Can Whitehorse avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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