After both having extra time off, the Pine Creek Eagles and the Douglas County Huskies will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pine Creek has seven straight wins, Douglas County has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Pine Creek is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing ThunderRidge: they outscored them in every quarter. Pine Creek walked away with a 41-31 victory over ThunderRidge last Saturday. The 41-point effort marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
It was another big night for Brooklyn Stewart, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and ten boards. That makes it three consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Pine Creek's points. Another player making a difference was Keelin Sills, who posted nine points.
Meanwhile, Douglas County played a tough game two weeks ago in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were dealt a 64-16 loss at the hands of Arvada West. The Huskies were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 32-8.
They used a three-pronged attack on offense: Natalie Knight, Megan Thorne, and Addison Fitzgerald posted four points each.
Pine Creek's win bumped their record up to 7-0. As for Douglas County, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.
This contest is shaping up to be a blowout: Pine Creek hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 58.6 points per game. It's a different story for Douglas County, though, as they've been averaging only 28.7 points. The only thing between Pine Creek and another offensive beatdown is Douglas County. Will they be able to keep them contained?
Everything went Pine Creek's way against Douglas County when the teams last played back in January of 2022, as Pine Creek made off with a 45-22 victory. Will Pine Creek repeat their success, or does Douglas County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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