The Harrisburg Bulldogs will square off against the Van-Far Indians at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Tuesday, Harrisburg took their game at home with ease, bagging a 87-22 victory over Wellsville-Middletown. While fans of Harrisburg might be used to big wins, the 65-point margin marked the team's biggest victory yet this season.
Meanwhile, Van-Far had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.3 points), and they went ahead and made it seven on Thursday. They put the hurt on Sturgeon with a sharp 54-30 victory. Given Van-Far's advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 198th, while Sturgeon is ranked 433rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Carter Jennings and Nikos Connaway were among the main playmakers for Van-Far as the former dropped a double-double on 16 points and 12 rebounds and the latter scored 17 points along with six assists and five steals. Connaway has been hot recently, having posted five or more steals the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Pacey Reading, who scored eight points along with nine rebounds.
Harrisburg pushed their record up to 15-11 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.8 points per game. As for Van-Far, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season.
Harrisburg didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Van-Far in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, but they still walked away with a 55-51 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Harrisburg since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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