The Emporia Spartans won the last time they faced the Spring Hill Broncos, and things went their way on Thursday too. Emporia walked away with a 47-35 win over Spring Hill. Given Emporia's advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 54th, while Spring Hill is ranked 214th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
River Peters was the offensive standout of the matchup as he scored 24 points along with 9 rebounds and 3 steals. That makes it two consecutive games in which he has scored at least 25% of Emporia's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Sheldon Stewart, who scored 9 points along with 8 rebounds and 3 steals.
The victory makes it two in a row for Emporia and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Spring Hill, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.
Emporia won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Hayden at 7:30 p.m. on December 8th. As for Spring Hill, they will be playing at home against Trinity Academy at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
