The Doherty Spartans waltzed into their match on Thursday with 11 straight wins but they left with 12. They came out on top against Pine Creek by a score of 74-63. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Leading Doherty to victory were Elijah Mack and James Pulliam. Mack scored 13 points along with eight rebounds and seven assists, while Pulliam scored 23 points along with seven rebounds. Mack has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last 14 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Maddox Dee-Mortensen, who scored nine points.
Pine Creek's loss came despite strong showings from Blake Marshall and Luke Wright. Marshall scored 21 points, while Wright scored 13 points along with two steals. Another player making a difference was Paul Grier, who scored six points along with six assists.
Doherty has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 17 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. As for Pine Creek, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-8.
Doherty does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Pine Creek also has no future games currently scheduled.
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