The Shelby-Rising City Huskies will be defending their home court for the first time this season when they go up against the Cedar Bluffs Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Shelby-Rising City will be strutting in after a victory while Cedar Bluffs will be coming in after a defeat.
Shelby-Rising City will head into Saturday's game on the come-up: they were handed a 25-point loss in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Twin River 48-46. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Huskies have posted since December 29, 2023.
Dalton Pokorney had an outrageously good game as he dropped a double-double on 24 points and 14 boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Thelen, who posted 11 points.
Meanwhile, Cedar Bluffs lost to College View Academy at home by a 50-33 margin on Tuesday. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
The win got Shelby-Rising City back to even at 1-1. As for Cedar Bluffs, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Everything came up roses for Shelby-Rising City against Cedar Bluffs in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, as the team secured a 56-22 victory. In that contest, Shelby-Rising City amassed a halftime lead of 30-9, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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