Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only the Ironwood Eagles walked away with it. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 71-68 victory over the Knights on Wednesday. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Ironwood had a senior duo take command as Blake Carabio scored 21 points along with two steals and Noah Gifft scored 20 points. Gifft has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last 15 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jadden Jones, who scored ten points along with five rebounds.
Ironwood's victory was their 11th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 26-3. They've been dominating during the matches in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 34.8 points. As for Higley, their loss dropped their record down to 19-11.
Ironwood will look to defend their home court on Friday against Casteel at 8:00 p.m. Casteel has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. Higley does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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