On Saturday, the Huntington Highlanders faced the George Washington Patriots in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Huntington came out on top against George Washington by a score of 81-71. The victory was familiar territory for Huntington who now have five in a row.
Jayden Clark continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 23 points. He has been hot recently, having posted 16 or more points the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Mikey Johnson, who scored 14 points along with eight rebounds and six assists.
Huntington is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for George Washington, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-6.
Huntington will take on Fairmont Senior at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Huntington is on a four-game streak of home wins, Fairmont Senior a eight-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court. As for George Washington, they will head out on the road to square off against Parkersburg South at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Parkersburg South is coming into the contest with three straight wins at home, so George Washington is out to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.
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