The Joseph City Wildcats will challenge the Williams Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Joseph City knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past six matchups -- so hopefully Williams likes a good challenge.
Joseph City is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Fort Thomas just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Friday. They fell to the Apaches 86-81. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (68), the Wildcats still had to take the loss.
| 01/31/25 vs Fort Thomas | 24 |
| 01/28/25 vs Ash Fork | 22 |
| 01/24/25 @ Grand Canyon | 23 |
| 01/23/25 @ BASIS Flagstaff | 24 |
| 01/21/25 @ Mogollon | 18 |
| 01/17/25 vs Seligman | 19 |
Joseph City's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Eli James, who went 9 of 20 en route to 24 points and five steals, and Cort Miller, who went 8 for 16 on his way to 23 points and four steals. The game was James' sixth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaimen Tsosie, who posted eight points and five steals.
Meanwhile, Williams beat Rock Point 64-51 on Saturday.
Williams has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.6 points per game. As for Joseph City, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 20-6.
Joseph City lost to Williams at home by a decisive 62-48 margin when the teams last played back in January. Will Joseph City have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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