Northern Valley is 1-9 against Golden Plains since February of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Northern Valley Huskies will be playing at home against the Golden Plains Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully Northern Valley focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up eight on Friday.
Winning is just a little bit easier when you outrebound your opponent 21 to 14 on the offensive boards, a fact Northern Valley proved. They breezed by Triplains/Brewster on the road to the tune of 60-28. The win was just what Northern Valley needed coming off of a 65-38 loss in their prior matchup.
Northern Valley's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Audrey Bina, who dropped a triple-double on 13 points, 24 rebounds, and 12 blocks, and Austyn Cox, who scored 23 points along with four steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Cox has scored all season. Braxton Cox was another key contributor, scoring nine points along with five assists and five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Golden Plains took a serious blow against Rawlins County on Tuesday, falling 56-21. While losing is never fun, Golden Plains can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 224th, while Rawlins County is ranked 93rd).
Northern Valley has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-10 record this season. As for Golden Plains, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-7.
Northern Valley skirted past Golden Plains 42-39 in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Does Northern Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Golden Plains turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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