The Miami-Yoder Buffaloes will take on the Hanover Hornets at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Miami-Yoder is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.9 points per game this season.
Miami-Yoder is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 65-21 victory over The Colorado Springs School. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 37-8.
Jel Wallerstedt
| 02/06/25 @ The Colorado Springs School | 76% |
| 01/27/24 vs Cripple Creek-Victor | 50% |
| 12/09/23 @ Flagler | 36% |
| 02/01/25 @ Cripple Creek-Victor | 34% |
| 12/06/24 vs Bethune | 33% |
Jel Wallerstedt was his usual excellent self, shooting 5-for-7 from deep and dropping a double-double on 32 points and ten steals. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in field goal percentage (76%). Gavin Howard was another key player, going 7 for 12 on his way to 19 points along with six boards and five assists.
Miami-Yoder was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Hanover came up short against Primero on Friday and fell 49-40. The defeat continues a trend for the Hornets in their matchups with the Bulldogs: they've now lost four in a row.
The win made it two in a row for Miami-Yoder and bumps their season record up to 8-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 21.5 points over those games. As for Hanover, their loss dropped their record down to 9-7.
Miami-Yoder beat Hanover 47-40 when the teams last played back in February of 2024. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Hanover's Tyler Decker, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 12 rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Miami-Yoder still be able to contain Decker? There's only one way to find out.
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