Northwest Area and Millville are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2017, but not for long. The Northwest Area Rangers will challenge the Millville Quakers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Millville will be up against a hot Northwest Area squad: the team just extended their winning streak to seven. Northwest Area blew past Northumberland Christian 52-13 on Monday. Given the Rangers' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 321st, while the Warriors are ranked 653rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Millville). They claimed a resounding 71-20 win over Columbia Montour Vo-Tech. The Quakers pushed the score to 59-12 by the end of the third, a deficit the Rams had no chance of recovering from.
Northwest Area better keep an eye on Larissa Evans. She was instrumental in Millville's win, almost dropping a triple-double on 29 points, 13 boards, and nine steals. Evans is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last 39 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Olivia Kile, who went 8 for 9 en route to 17 points and four steals.
Millville was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Northwest Area's victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 14-3. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 20.1 points per game. As for Millville, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season.
Everything came up roses for Northwest Area against Millville in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, as the squad secured a 61-26 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northwest Area since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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