The Oak Hills Highlanders and the Floyd County Buffaloes will round out the year against one another at at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Oak Hills is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.3 points per game this season.
Oak Hills easily dispatched Mason on Tuesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Oak Hills fell just short of Lakota West by a score of 49-47 on Friday. The matchup marked the Highlanders' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
12/20/24 vs Lakota West | 2 |
12/17/24 @ Mason | 2 |
12/13/24 @ Colerain | 5 |
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Nathaniel Riep, who went 6 of 9 en route to 20 points and seven rebounds. He has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Henry Maginn, who went 5 of 10 on his way to 14 points and five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Floyd County put another one in the bag last Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They walked away with a 63-53 win over Blacksburg.
Floyd County pushed their record up to 3-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Oak Hills, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-3.
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