The Walla Walla Blue Devils and the Cheney Blackhawks will compete for holiday cheer at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
On Saturday, Walla Walla was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 64-63 to Hermiston.
Meanwhile, Cheney had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They came within six points of losing the streak, but they secured a 63-57 W against the Greyhounds. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Blackhawks' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while the Greyhounds are ranked ninth).
Walla Walla better keep an eye on Ashton Huse. He was instrumental in Cheney's win, going 7-for-10 from beyond the arc to rack up 25 points and five assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Kade Adderley, who shot 63% from the field en route to 10 points and eight rebounds.
Cheney was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Walla Walla's loss dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Cheney, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.
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