Sutton will square off against McCool Junction at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Sutton is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing H&H: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Mustangs blew the Bearcats out of the water with an 80-44 final score. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Mustangs had established a 26-point advantage.
Payton Reed
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Sutton's win on Tuesday was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Payton Reed, who dropped a double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Reed a new career-high in assists (four). Another player making a difference was Jacob Huxoll, who almost dropped a double-double with 16 points and nine boards.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely McCool Junction's strategy against High Plains on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Mustangs blew the Storm out of the water with a 63-12 final score. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 34-6.
The win got McCool Junction back to even at 1-1. As for Sutton, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
Sutton strolled past McCool Junction in their previous matchup back in January by a score of 68-54. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was McCool Junction's Mapieu Kouchinin, who dropped a double-double with 26 points and 14 rebounds. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Sutton to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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