The Rio Linda Knights will face off against the Sheldon Huskies at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a four-game winning streak alive.
Rio Linda is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Bella Vista 73-30 on Tuesday. Fans of the Knights have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Rio Linda's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Mariah Walton, who went 10 for 11 en route to 22 points plus two steals. The dominant performance also gave Walton a new career-high in field goal percentage (91%). Another player making a difference was Kyrri Mitchell, who scored eight points plus 11 rebounds and six assists.
Rio Linda smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 12 offensive rebounds in four consecutive matches.
While Sheldon didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-19), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They were the clear victor by a 63-42 margin over Fairfield on Monday. The Huskies pushed the score to 53-31 by the end of the third, a deficit the Falcons cut but never quite recovered from.
Rio Linda's win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 35.9 points. As for Sheldon, their victory bumped their record up to 4-1.
Rio Linda couldn't quite finish off Sheldon in their previous meeting back in December of 2014 and fell 61-58. Can Rio Linda avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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