The Blue Valley North Mustangs will venture away from home to challenge the Bishop Miege Stags at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Blue Valley North took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They pulled ahead with a 61-60 photo finish over Gardner-Edgerton. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 15th, while the Trailblazers are ranked 114th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Bishop Miege took their match on Thursday with ease, bagging a 71-37 win over Hogan Prep Charter. The Stags pushed the score to 65-28 by the end of the third, a deficit the Rams cut but never quite recovered from.
Blue Valley North pushed their record up to 9-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.2 points per game. As for Bishop Miege, their win bumped their record up to 4-5.
Blue Valley North beat Bishop Miege 68-57 in their previous matchup back in January of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for Blue Valley North since the team 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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