The West Side Pirates will face off against the Wendell Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Wendell will be up against a hot West Side team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. West Side walked away with a 72-60 victory over Malad on Tuesday. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Idaho basketball rankings (they are ranked 23rd, while the Dragons are ranked 97th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Wendell got the win against Aberdeen on Saturday by a conclusive 57-34. The matchup marked the Trojans' most dominant win of the season.
Wendell's win came from a few key players West Side will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Jonathan Swainston, who went 8-for-14 to rack up 23 points. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in three-point shooting accuracy (63%). Another player making a difference was Jordon Swainston, who posted 12 points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Wendell is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.2 points over those games. As for West Side, their victory bumped their record up to 15-5.
Everything went West Side's way against Wendell when the teams last played back in January, as West Side made off with a 70-46 win. Does West Side have another victory up their sleeve, or will Wendell turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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