The Wagner Red Raiders will venture away from home to square off against the O'Neill Eagles on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Wagner will head into Thursday's game on the come-up: they were handed a 21-point defeat in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Thursday. They had just enough and edged Parkston out 57-55.
Meanwhile, O'Neill had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. They blew past the Huskies 60-38. The Eagles have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five matchups by 22 points or more this season.
O'Neill found their leader in sophomore Hannah Hilker, who went 6 for 11 from beyond the arc on her way to 19 points and three steals. Hilker's afternoon made it nine games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Olivia Young, who posted ten points.
O'Neill's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-5. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.0 points per game. As for Wagner, their win bumped their record up to 7-3.
Wagner took their victory against O'Neill when the teams last played back in January of 2024 by a conclusive 66-44. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wagner since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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