The Spanaway Lake Sentinels will challenge the Sumner Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Spanaway Lake is headed into Thursday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Tuesday. They were five points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 64-59 heartbreaker at the hands of Rogers. While losing is never fun, the Sentinels can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 258th, while the Rams are ranked 114th).
| 01/07/25 @ Rogers | 9 |
| 12/22/23 vs Cheney | 8 |
| 12/12/23 @ Bonney Lake | 6 |
| 12/20/23 @ Wenatchee | 6 |
| 12/12/24 @ Bonney Lake | 5 |
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Darius Alexander, who almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine boards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Jabari Preston, who posted 16 points and seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sumner). They claimed a resounding 86-48 victory over Bonney Lake. With the Spartans ahead 51-21 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Sumner has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.9 points per game. As for Spanaway Lake, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-6.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
