The Millville Quakers entered their tilt with the Northwest Area Rangers with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Millville walked away with a 43-32 win over Northwest Area on Tuesday. This was payback for Millville, who suffered a 49-38 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Millville's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Larissa Evans, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 15 rebounds. Evans is crushing the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Julia Hippenstiel, who scored 14 points along with five rebounds and four steals.
Ashlyn Hermanofski and Jordin Bowman certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. Hermanofski scored 15 points along with five rebounds and four steals, while Bowman scored eight points along with 15 rebounds and four blocks. That was a full 46.9% of Northwest Area's points, marking the seventh time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. Arheya Williams was another key contributor, scoring two points along with six blocks.
Millville has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-10 record this season. As for Northwest Area, their loss dropped their record down to 12-10.
Millville won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Bucktail at 6:00 p.m. on February 14th. Hopefully Millville focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Tuesday. As for Northwest Area, they will head out on the road to square off against Wyalusing Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Northwest Area has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
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