The Huntington Highlanders are on the road again on Wednesday and plays the Spring Valley Timberwolves at 11:15 a.m. on March 13th. One thing working in Huntington's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 12 matchups.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Huntington walked away with it. They came out on top against the Patriots by a score of 74-65 on Thursday. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Huntington's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Mikey Johnson led the charge by scoring 18 points along with six rebounds and five assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Avonte Crawford, who almost dropped a double-double on 18 points and nine rebounds.
Meanwhile, Spring Valley put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They blew past Parkersburg 78-48 at home. The victory was nothing new for Spring Valley as they're now sitting on four straight.
Spring Valley got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Toma Gasaj out in front who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten rebounds. Gasaj hasn't dropped below eight rebounds for ten straight games. Tate Adkins was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 13 points and ten rebounds.
Huntington is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. As for Spring Valley, they pushed their record up to 19-6 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Huntington hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 68.9 points per game. However, it's not like Spring Valley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 67.7 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Huntington came up short against Spring Valley in their previous meeting last Friday, falling 68-55. Can Huntington avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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