Valley has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. After both having extra time off, they and the Wayne Badgers will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 5:30 p.m. on February 28th. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard on Wednesday.
Last Saturday, Valley made easy work of Escalante and carried off a 60-38 victory. Valley pushed the score to 57-26 by the end of the third, a deficit Escalante cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Wayne earned a 75-63 win over Milford last Saturday.
Wayne's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jake Batty, who scored 20 points along with five rebounds and two steals. Ryker Peterson was another key contributor, scoring 21 points.
Valley now has a winning record of 10-9. As for Wayne, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 15-9 record this season.
Valley ended up a good deal behind Wayne in their previous matchup on February 8th, losing 54-37. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Peterson, who scored 23 points along with five rebounds and two steals. Now that Valley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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