The Westmont Hilltop Hilltoppers will square off against the Clearfield Bison at 7:15 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Westmont Hilltop sitting on three straight victories and Clearfield on eight.
If Clearfield heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Westmont Hilltop took over last week. Westmont Hilltop managed a 68-63 win over Bishop McCort on Friday.
Meanwhile, Clearfield sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 43-40 victory over Bald Eagle Area on Wednesday. The 43-point effort marked the Bison's lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Clearfield's win came from a few key players Westmont Hilltop will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Parker Collins, who posted ten points and seven rebounds. Another player making a difference was Ev Maines, who had ten points.
Westmont Hilltop is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 74.4 points per game. As for Clearfield, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-5.
Everything went Westmont Hilltop's way against Clearfield in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, as Westmont Hilltop made off with a 72-47 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Clearfield's Braison Patrick, who went 10 for 24 en route to 23 points and six boards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Westmont Hilltop still be able to contain Patrick? There's only one way to find out.
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