Bonneville hasn't had much luck against Hillcrest recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Bonneville Bees will head out on the road to take on the Hillcrest Knights at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Bonneville will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Blackfoot, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Bonneville was the clear victors by a 71-48 margin over Blackfoot on Thursday. 71 seems to be a good number for the Bees as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Hillcrest's strategy against Shelley on Thursday. Everything went Hillcrest's way against Shelley as Hillcrest made off with a 72-46 win. The Knights pushed the score to 54-32 by the end of the third, a deficit the Russets had little chance of recovering from.
Hillcrest's win came from a few key players Bonneville will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Gage Blakeslee, who posted 14 points and six assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Titan Larsen, who en route to 17 points.
Hillcrest smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in 12 consecutive contests.
Hillcrest has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.3 points over those games. The victory (which was Bonneville's third in a row) raised their record to 14-9.
Bonneville ended up a good deal behind Hillcrest in their previous matchup on February 5th, losing 64-47. Can Bonneville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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