Hortonville is on a 11-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Providence Academy is on a 15-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Hortonville Polar Bears will host the Providence Academy Lions at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Tuesday, Hortonville strolled past Oshkosh North with points to spare, taking the game 57-40. Given the Polar Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Spartans are ranked 282nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Providence Academy faced off against Alexandria on Monday. Providence Academy took down Alexandria 89-75.
Hortonville better keep an eye on Maddyn Greenway. She was instrumental in Providence Academy's win, dropping a double-double with 41 points and ten boards. The match was Greenway's 25th in a row with at least 20 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Millerbernd, who went 7-for-10 en route to 17 points and seven rebounds.
Providence Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now racked up at least 21 assists in six consecutive contests.
Hortonville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 74.0 points over those games. As for Providence Academy, their win bumped their record up to 24-0.
Hortonville came up short against Providence Academy in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, falling 95-86. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Greenway, who dropped a triple-double with 43 points, 13 boards, and ten assists. Now that Hortonville knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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