Renton has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the North Kitsap Vikings at 2:15 p.m. on Saturday. Renton has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 1,800 points over their last 23 matchups.
Renton proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 31) but on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Bremerton 68-65. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory Renton has posted since January 16th.
Meanwhile, North Kitsap had already won 14 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.5 points), and they went ahead and made it 15 on Thursday. They skirted past Sammamish 72-70. Given North Kitsap's advantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 20th, while Sammamish is ranked 89th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Renton pushed their record up to 17-6 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 80.0 points per game. As for North Kitsap, their victory bumped their record up to 20-3.
Renton didn't have too much breathing room in their match against North Kitsap in their previous meeting back in February of 2019, but they still walked away with a 56-51 win. Will Renton repeat their success, or does North Kitsap have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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