The Spring Woods Tigers will square off against the Milby Buffs at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Spring Woods has eight straight victories, Milby has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Saturday, Spring Woods didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Sterling, but they still walked away with a 49-45 win.
Meanwhile, Milby lost to Sterling on the road by a 82-64 margin on Monday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (59), the Buffs still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Milby saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Isaiah Washington went 11 of 19 on his way to 22 points and eight boards. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Washington has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Delani Pestaina, who posted 16 points.
Even though they lost, Milby smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive rebounds. This was only their 14th loss (out of 19 games) when they hit their own glass that hard.
Spring Woods has been performing well recently as they've won 14 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.0 points per game. As for Milby, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-19.
Spring Woods took their victory against Milby when the teams last played back in December of 2024 by a conclusive 78-53. Will Spring Woods repeat their success, or does Milby have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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