A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Sherman Bearcats duke it out with the Walnut Grove Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday... Sherman knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past three contests -- so hopefully Walnut Grove likes a good challenge.
Last Tuesday, Sherman was able to grind out a solid win over Greenville, taking the game 58-49.
Meanwhile, Walnut Grove entered their tilt with Lovejoy on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They escaped with a win against the Leopards by the margin of a single free throw, 52-51.
Sherman better focus on containing Monta Ellis and Byron Scott as the pair were huge in Walnut Grove's win. Ellis went 5 for 7 on his way to 12 points, while Scott posted 11 points and five rebounds. That's the most rebounds Scott has posted since back in November. Parker Evanson was another key player, putting up nine points and eight rebounds.
Walnut Grove is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.3 points per game. As for Sherman, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 8-9.
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