Northwest has gone 8-2 against West recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Northwest Grizzlies will host the West Pioneers at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Northwest has seven straight victories, West has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Friday, Northwest earned a 67-56 win over Bishop Carroll. Given the Grizzlies' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 30th, while the Golden Eagles are ranked 136th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Elijah Benning
02/14/25 @ Bishop Carroll | 10 |
02/11/25 @ East | 9 |
02/07/25 vs Southeast | 7 |
02/04/25 vs North | 4 |
01/28/25 @ South | 10 |
+ 12 more games |
Northwest's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Elijah Benning, who dropped a double-double with 15 points and ten assists. With that strong performance, Benning is now averaging an impressive 8.1 assists per game. Another player making a difference was River Peters, who went 7-for-16 to rack up 17 points and eight rebounds.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 68-30, which was the final score in West's tilt against Kapaun Mt. Carmel on Friday.
West's defeat dropped their record down to 3-13. As for Northwest, they pushed their record up to 14-3 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Northwest strolled past West in their previous matchup back in January by a score of 66-52. Does Northwest have another victory up their sleeve, or will West turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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