The Shady Spring Tigers are on the road again on Thursday and plays the Nitro Wildcats at 11:15 a.m. on March 14th. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Shady Spring had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Huskies as they made off with a 52-30 win. Shady Spring has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 matches by 21 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Nitro had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.2 points), and they went ahead and made it ten on Tuesday. They walked away with a 65-54 win over Sissonville. Given Nitro's advantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked seventh, while Sissonville is ranked 43rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Nitro got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Ashton Crouch out in front who scored 13 points along with eight rebounds. Landon Poniatowski was another key contributor, almost dropping a double-double on nine points and 14 rebounds.
Shady Spring is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-4 record this season. As for Nitro, their victory bumped their record up to 24-2.
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