Skyview is 1-6 against Middleton since January of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Skyview Hawks will challenge the Middleton Vikings at 7:30 p.m.
Last Thursday, Skyview came up short against Emmett and fell 28-19. That's two games in a row now that the Hawks have lost by exactly nine points.
Meanwhile, Middleton had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 41.4 points) and they went ahead and made it ten on Monday. They really took it to the Wildcats for the full four quarters, racking up an 87-21 victory. The Vikings have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten matches by 24 points or more this season.
Middleton's win came from a few key players Skyview will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Elsie Wyatt, who went 6 of 10 from beyond the arc on her way to 21 points in addition to five boards and four steals. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aysha Fried, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 boards.
Middleton smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 31 offensive rebounds. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their offensive board total in five consecutive contests.
Middleton pushed their record up to 14-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.0 points per game. As for Skyview, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-8.
Skyview was dealt a bruising 82-23 defeat at the hands of Middleton when the teams last played back in December of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Middleton's Zoey Blackwell, who went 7 of 13 on her way to 17 points and seven steals. Now that Skyview knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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