The Hill City Ringnecks had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23.5 points), and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They skirted past Logan/Palco 54-51. The score was all tied up 22-22 at the break, but Hill City was the better team in the second half.
Hill City's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Carson Keith led the charge by scoring 15 points along with two steals. Keith hasn't dropped below two steals for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Dylan Gansel, who scored 16 points.
Despite the loss, Logan/Palco still got an impressive performance from Rhett Kats, who scored 21 points along with six rebounds and four blocks. That was a full 41.2% of Logan/Palco's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Cameron Morgan was another key contributor, scoring eight points along with five assists.
Even though they lost, Logan/Palco were working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Hill City only racked up seven assists.
Hill City has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season. As for Logan/Palco, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-5.
Hill City will head out on the road to square off against Russell at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Logan/Palco, they will be playing at home against Cheylin at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Logan/Palco focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 14 on Tuesday.
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