The Northern Highlands Highlanders waltzed into their contest on Thursday with two straight wins but they left with three. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Wayne Valley and snuck past 53-51. For Northern Highlands, this counts as revenge for the 67-49 defeat Wayne Valley walked away with the last time they faced one another back in December of 2023.
Northern Highlands was led to victory by Sawyer Chapler and Lucas Dipasupil. Chapler scored 16 points along with three steals, while Dipasupil scored 24 points along with five rebounds. That makes it four consecutive games in which Dipasupil has scored at least a third of Northern Highlands' points. Another player making a difference was Freddie Kanning, who scored four points along with three steals.
Wayne Valley lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Caden Flower, who went 8 for 13 from beyond the arc en route to 24 points and 0 assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Anthony Apicella, who scored 17 points.
Even though they lost, Wayne Valley were working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Northern Highlands only racked up seven assists.
Northern Highlands has been performing well recently as they've won 15 of their last 18 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-7 record this season. As for Wayne Valley, their defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 22-6.
Northern Highlands will head out on the road to face off against Ramapo at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Ramapo is coming into the game with seven straight wins at home, so Northern Highlands will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. Wayne Valley does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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