Basketball Recap: Heritage Victorious

Castle View came into Tuesday's contest looking for another win against Heritage, but Brayden Chaney wouldn't allow it. The Heritage Eagles narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Castle View Sabercats 62-59 thanks in part to Chaney, who went 8 of 14 en route to 19 points and eight boards. His evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points.

Atticus Schroeder was another key player, putting up ten points. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in blocks (two).

Loss or not, Castle View got some senior leadership from Blake Graham and Evan Mckean. Graham went 6 for 12 on his way to 17 points along with six assists and five rebounds, while Mckean dropped a double-double on 20 points and 12 boards. That was a full 33.9% of Castle View's points, marking the 12th time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Mason Orton, who scored ten points.

Heritage now has a winning record of 8-7. As for Castle View, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-9 record this season.

Heritage will head out to take on Legend at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Heritage knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 11 games -- so hopefully Legend likes a good challenge. As for Castle View, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Mountain Vista at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mountain Vista is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 78.3 points per game this season.