The Orange Panthers will head out on the road to take on the Northern Nash Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Orange comes in on five and Northern Nash on 14.
With a playoff game on the line, Orange rose to the challenge on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Knights as they made off with a 85-62 victory. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Coleman Cloer continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, shooting 4-for-8 from deep and dropping a double-double on 38 points and 13 rebounds. That makes it eight consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Orange's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Xandrell Pennix, who scored 21 points along with four steals.
Meanwhile, Northern Nash stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat West Brunswick 87-50 at home. While fans of Northern Nash might be used to big wins, the 37-point margin marked the team's biggest win yet this season.
Northern Nash relied on the efforts of Randall King, who scored 17 points, and Clarence (CJ) Rosser Jr., who scored 17 points along with eight rebounds and three steals. Trey Battle was another key contributor, scoring nine points along with six rebounds and four steals.
Orange has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-11 record this season. As for Northern Nash, they pushed their record up to 20-7 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as both teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Orange hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 65.9 points per game. However, it's not like Northern Nash struggles in that department as they've been averaging 68 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other basketball content.
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