The Turkeyfoot Valley Area Rams's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Blacklick Valley Vikings at 1:30 p.m. on February 17th. Hopefully Turkeyfoot Valley Area focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 16 on Monday.
Even though Union scored an imposing 56 points on Monday, Turkeyfoot Valley Area still came out on top. Turkeyfoot Valley Area took their matchup against Union 65-56. The win was all the more spectacular given Turkeyfoot Valley Area's disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 441st in Pennsylvania, while Union is ranked 103rd in West Virginia).
It was another big night for Bryce Nicholson, who scored 38 points along with five rebounds and two steals. Nicholson is crushing the steal category: he's posted at least two every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Ely Walker, who scored 16 points along with six rebounds and four steals.
Meanwhile, Blacklick Valley earned a 53-44 win over Shanksville Stonycreek on Wednesday.
Alex Reba was the offensive standout of the match as he scored 11 points. Jordan Kotelnicki was another key contributor, scoring four points along with two blocks.
Turkeyfoot Valley Area is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. As for Blacklick Valley, their win bumped their record up to 14-8.
Fans should be in for an exciting game on Saturday as both teams are among the highest scoring teams in the league right now. Turkeyfoot Valley Area hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 71 points per game. However, it's not like Blacklick Valley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 56 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Turkeyfoot Valley Area was able to grind out a solid victory over Blacklick Valley in their previous meeting back in January, winning 67-58. The rematch might be a little tougher for Turkeyfoot Valley Area since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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