The Tonasket Tigers and the Sultan Turks will round out the year against one another at at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Tonasket didn't have too much trouble with Colville as they won 74-57. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 65th, while the Crimson Hawks are ranked 240th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
12/20/24 @ Colville | 32 |
12/07/24 @ Moses Lake Christian Academy | 26 |
12/05/24 vs Curlew | 24 |
12/10/24 @ Kettle Falls | 21 |
12/14/24 vs Davenport | 21 |
Tonasket's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Tanner Tompkins, who went 13 of 17 en route to 32 points and six rebounds. The dominant performance gave Tompkins a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kristian Jones, who went 11 of 22 on his way to 24 points along with eight boards and three blocks.
Meanwhile, Sultan had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They walked away with a 55-47 win over the Wolves.
Sultan is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 4-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.8 points per game. As for Tonasket, their victory bumped their record up to 6-3.
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