The Clear Creek Wildcats will take on the Deer Park Deer at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Clear Creek is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Dickinson just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Gators by a score of 65-62. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Wildcats have suffered since November 8, 2024.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Deer Park, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They took their contest on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 57-30 win over Clear Falls. The Deer pushed the score to 41-21 by the end of the third, a deficit the Knights had little chance of recovering from.
Deer Park's win came from a few key players Clear Creek will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Alyssa Harms, who went 5 for 10 on her way to 15 points in addition to five assists and four steals. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Shelby Tortorici, who posted 15 points and three steals.
Deer Park pushed their record up to 14-13 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 28.3 points. As for Clear Creek, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 22-5.
Clear Creek strolled past Deer Park when the teams last played back in December of 2024 by a score of 40-26. Does Clear Creek have another victory up their sleeve, or will Deer Park turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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