Kamiakin and Chiawana are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2021, but not for long. The Kamiakin Braves will square off against the Chiawana Riverhawks at 5:45 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Chiawana will be up against a hot Kamiakin squad: the team just extended their winning streak to six. Kamiakin blew past Pasco 73-31 on Tuesday. Given the Braves' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 34th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 235th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Chiawana waltzed into their game on Tuesday with 12 straight wins... but they left with 13. They really took it to the Bulldogs for the full four quarters, racking up an 87-60 win. The score was close at the half, but the Riverhawks pulled away in the second half with 47 points.
Chiawana's win came from a few key players Kamiakin will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Malia Ruud, who went 7 for 13 en route to 19 points in addition to eight rebounds and five assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaia Foster, who almost dropped a double-double on 16 points and nine boards.
Chiawana was working as a unit and finished the game with 28 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in February of 2024.
Chiawana pushed their record up to 13-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 34.8 points. As for Kamiakin, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season.
Things could have been worse for Kamiakin, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 75-59 loss to Chiawana when the teams last played back in December of 2024. Can Kamiakin avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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