The Oakland-Craig Knights and the Northwest Vikings will round out the year against one another at at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Northwest is hoping to do what Madison couldn't on Friday: put an end to Oakland-Craig's winning streak, which now stands at six games. Oakland-Craig breezed by Madison to the tune of 62-23. The contest marked the Knights' most dominant victory of the season so far.
Oakland-Craig's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Bailey Pelan, who posted ten points and four steals. Pelan is trending in the right direction considering she's improved her point production for three straight games. Briar Ray was another key player, going 6 for 9 on her way to 14 points in addition to five boards and five steals.
Oakland-Craig was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in January.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Northwest over Aurora in every quarter on their way to victory on Saturday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Northwest blew Aurora out of the water with a 44-17 final score. The Vikings pushed the score to 31-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Huskies had little chance of recovering from.
Northwest is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 36 points. As for Oakland-Craig, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
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