The Savanna Rebels will head out on the road to take on the Valley Christian Defenders at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Savanna is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.6 points per game this season.
Savanna is headed into the contest having just posted their biggest win since February 1st on Tuesday. They really took it to Paramount for the full four quarters, racking up a 79-50 victory. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 49-23.
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Savanna relied on the efforts of Branden Ellis, who went 6 for 14 on his way to 22 points and four steals, and Paul Henderson, who went 7 of 11 on his way to 19 points and five assists. Those four steals gave Ellis a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Joachim Bikoula, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and ten boards.
They weren't the only one working in the assists department: Savanna was working as a unit and finished the game with 12 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Valley Christian fell on hard times earlier this season, but after back-to-back wins it seems like their luck might finally be changing. They secured a 54-50 W over Paramount on Thursday.
Valley Christian is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.5 points per game. As for Savanna, their victory bumped their record up to 7-5.
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