The Silver Creek Raptors will head out on the road to challenge the Horizon Hawks at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Silver Creek is coming into the contest on a five-game losing streak.
Last Friday, Silver Creek had to suffer through a 79-27 loss at the hands of Mead. While losing is never fun, the Raptors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 157th, while the Mavericks are ranked 12th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Horizon). They walked away with a 61-48 victory over Mountain Range on Saturday.
Horizon found their leader in sophomore Neveah Stukas, who went 5 for 12 on her way to 11 points in addition to eight rebounds and eight steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Stukas has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaitlin Schumann, who posted nine points and eight rebounds.
Horizon smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 25 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive rebounds in six consecutive matches.
Silver Creek's loss dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Horizon, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.
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