The Highland Prep Honey Badgers entered their tilt with the Tonopah Valley Phoenix with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. Highland Prep blew past Tonopah Valley 90-24 at home. Considering Highland Prep has won three matches by more than 52 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Highland Prep had a senior duo take command as Presley Ibeh dropped a double-double on 25 points and 12 rebounds and Kohen Hill scored 22 points along with eight steals and five assists. That's the first time this season that Hill scored 15 or more points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tarrell Green, who scored 11 points along with six rebounds.
Highland Prep is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Tonopah Valley, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-4.
Highland Prep will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on John Paul II at 12:00 p.m. on December 28th. Tonopah Valley won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Phoenix Country Day at 2:30 p.m. on December 16th. Phoenix Country Day presents a significant challenge as they come into the match much higher ranked than Tonopah Valley in Arizona (Phoenix Country Day is ranked 64th, while Tonopah Valley is ranked 297th).
