The Horizon Hawks will face off against the Longmont Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Horizon's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 13 games.
Horizon is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Frederick: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Horizon blew Frederick out of the water with an 82-53 final score. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 11th, while the Golden Eagles are ranked 82nd), the result on Tuesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Noah Sokolowski
| 02/11/25 vs Frederick | 20 |
| 02/07/25 @ Centaurus | 15 |
| 02/05/25 vs Chaparral | 20 |
| 02/04/25 @ Skyline | 24 |
| 01/31/25 vs Fairview | 15 |
| + 4 more games |
Horizon's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Noah Sokolowski, who dropped a double-double with 20 points and ten rebounds, and Boaz Wisne, who dropped a double-double with 19 points and 11 boards. Sokolowski's evening made it nine games in a row in which he has scored at least 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aiden Greene, who dropped a double-double with 14 points and ten rebounds.
Horizon was working as a unit and finished the game with 26 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Longmont posted their closest victory since January 14th on Thursday. They had just enough and edged Silver Creek out 58-55.
Longmont's win came from a few key players Horizon will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Joey Foot, who posted 12 points in addition to seven boards and three steals. He is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in each of the last eight games he's played. Dominic Lombrano was another key player, putting up 14 points.
Horizon has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.4 points over those games. As for Longmont, their record is now 14-7.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Horizon has been crashing the boards this season, having averaged 34.2 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Longmont struggles in that department as they've been averaging 25.4 boards. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other basketball content.
