After both having extra time off, the Colon Magi and the Maple Valley Lions will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Colon is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.3 points per game this season.
Colon is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Climax-Scotts: they outscored them in every quarter. Colon walked away with a 62-52 victory over Climax-Scotts two weeks ago. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Magi.
Dalton Williams was his usual excellent self, going 10 of 17 en route to 27 points along with eight rebounds and three steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Colon's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dominick Mock, who posted 17 points and seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Maple Valley played a tough game two weeks ago in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were beaten by Springport 80-43. The Lions were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 44-21.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Teegen McDonald and Jake Kregel. Kregel had a great game and dropped a double-double on 15 points and ten assists. Meanwhile, McDonald was balling out in the loss, going 8 of 15 on his way to 20 points.
Colon pushed their record up to 4-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.3 points per game. As for Maple Valley, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-5 record this season.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Colon has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 32 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Maple Valley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 28.5 boards. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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