The Pike Valley Panthers will venture away from home to take on the Lincoln Leopards at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Pike Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against Natoma on Tuesday as Pike Valley made off with a 70-45 victory. The Panthers pushed the score to 59-30 by the end of the third, a deficit the Tigers cut but never quite recovered from.
| 02/04/25 @ Natoma | 3 |
| 01/31/25 vs Stockton | 5 |
| 01/28/25 vs Thunder Ridge | 5 |
| 01/24/25 @ Rock Hills | 3 |
Pike Valley's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Andrew Cooper led the charge by going 7 for 14 on his way to 17 points along with seven boards and three steals. Cooper has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Braxton Patterson, who went 5 of 7 en route to 14 points in addition to six rebounds and three steals.
Pike Valley was working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Natoma only posted four assists.
Meanwhile, Lincoln entered their tilt with Stockton on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They claimed a resounding 65-35 win over the Tigers. The Leopards have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven games by 21 points or more this season.
The victory made it two in a row for Pike Valley and bumps their season record up to 7-9. As for Lincoln, their win bumped their record up to 12-2.
Pike Valley took a serious blow against Lincoln when the teams last played back in January, falling 74-41. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Pike Valley was down 39-16.
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