The Dalton Bulldogs will square off against the Norwayne Bobcats 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.
Last Saturday, Dalton was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 78-77 to Cornerstone Christian. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (68), the Bulldogs still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Norwayne had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 54 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 61-52 victory over the Crusaders. The score was all tied up 31-31 at the break, but the Bobcats were the better team in the second half.
Norwayne's win came from a few key players Dalton will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Parker Metsker, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and ten assists. He is on a roll when it comes to assists, as he's now racked up ten or more in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Braden West, who went 6 for 14 en route to 20 points.
Norwayne smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in four consecutive matches.
Norwayne pushed their record up to 15-2 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.4 points per game. As for Dalton, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-7 record this season.
Dalton was dealt a bruising 57-30 defeat at the hands of Norwayne in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. Will Dalton 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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