Having just played yesterday, the Triton Hawks will head out on the road to face off against the Westover Wolverines at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Triton is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Smithfield-Selma: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Triton blew Smithfield-Selma out of the water with a 56-27 final score. The Hawks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three matches by 20 points or more this season.
Triton got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Neveah Hawley out in front who posted 24 points and six steals. Another player making a difference was Ja'Niah Smith, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 11 steals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Westover). They never let Harnett Central onto the board and left with a 57-0 win on Tuesday. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Wolverines had established a 49 point advantage.
Triton better focus on containing Tytiana Dowden and Ty'Asia Carr as the pair were huge in Westover's win. Dowden almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine steals, while Carr put up 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dahliyana Baldwin, who earned seven points and five steals.
Westover has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.2 points per game. As for Triton, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
Triton suffered a grim 58-37 defeat to Westover when the teams last played back in February. Can Triton avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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