Rocksprings has gone 10-0 against Utopia recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Rocksprings Angoras will challenge the Utopia Buffaloes at 6:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Rocksprings sitting on three straight victories and Utopia on six.
Rocksprings will head into Tuesday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Friday (they won by 34) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against D'Hanis, sneaking past 64-62.
02/04/25 @ D'Hanis | 17 |
01/31/25 vs Nueces Canyon | 28 |
01/28/25 @ Leakey | 34 |
01/24/25 vs Knippa | 20 |
01/22/25 vs Medina | 29 |
01/14/25 vs Utopia | 28 |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Rocksprings to victory, but perhaps none more so than Hunter Taylor, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 13 rebounds. The matchup was Taylor's sixth in a row with at least ten points. Roy Estrada was another key player, going 8 of 14 en route to 18 points and five boards.
Rocksprings smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 16 offensive rebounds in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Utopia). They claimed a resounding 86-41 win over Medina. The Buffaloes have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 14 contests by 21 points or more this season.
Rocksprings is also on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-12 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.0 points per game. As for Utopia, they pushed their record up to 25-4 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home.
Rocksprings beat Utopia 82-73 in their previous meeting back in January. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Utopia's Charlie Leman, who posted 25 points along with five rebounds and four steals. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Rocksprings still be able to contain Leman? There's only one way to find out.
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