Two dominant guards in Zander Ford and Maddex Moreno are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. After both having extra time off, the Rose Hill Rockets and the West Elk Patriots will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. West Elk took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Rose Hill, who comes in off a win.
Having struggled with five losses in a row dating back to last season, Rose Hill turned things around against Clearwater last Friday. They snuck past the Indians with a 42-38 win.
Rose Hill got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Trayton Allison-Hill out in front who posted nine points and seven rebounds. Another player making a difference was Myer Mcnaul, who earned six points and three steals.
Rose Hill was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, West Elk scored the most points they've had this season last Friday, but it wasn't enough. They took a 76-70 hit to the loss column at the hands of Fredonia. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (61), the Patriots still had to take the loss.
Defeat or not, West Elk got some senior leadership from Moreno and Kase Kill. Moreno dropped a double-double on 18 points and 12 boards, while Kill dropped a double-double on 17 points and 13 boards. With that strong performance, Moreno is now averaging an impressive 8.2 rebounds per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaxson Bogdahn, who put up 11 points.
Rose Hill's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-4. As for West Elk, this is the second loss in a row for them and also nudges their season record down to 1-4.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Rose Hill has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 24.4 rebounds per game. However, it's not like West Elk struggles in that department as they've been averaging 35.4 boards. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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