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Hornets Favored Over Auburn Mountainview in Tuesday Tie-breaker
Patch picks Enumclaw over the competition in final match-ups to determine the SPSL/Seamount/Bremerton Sub-District tournament bracket.
The tournament bracket for the SPSL/Seamount/Bremerton Sub-District was released today, but several tie-breaker games are needed to finalize the match-ups. Auburn Mountainview and Enumclaw will play in one of those games, which take place on Tuesday.
Where: Bonney Lake High School
When: Tuesday, February 8, 7:30 p.m.
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What’s at stake: Both teams are guaranteed a spot in the sub-district tournament but finished the season with identical league records, necessitating a tie-breaker game to determine which school gets the three-seed heading into the playoffs. Regardless of the outcome, both teams will have a chance to qualify for the West-Central District playoffs (which determines what teams qualify for the state tournament), but the three-seed will have the more favorable match-up. The three-seed is guaranteed to play a team that had to play in Bremerton the night before.
Season head-to-head: The two teams split their season series in remarkably close fashion. Auburn Mountainview took the first contest with one-point overtime victory, but Enumclaw got even last week with 59-57 win.
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Key Players: D.J. Hitch leads the way for Enumclaw, averaging more than 13 ppg, but the Hornets have a balanced squad that features several players with 20-point potential. Auburn Mountainview is led by Marion Beauchamp, who averages 14 ppg, but three different players average in double figures for the Lions.
Patch Pick: Enumclaw 61, Auburn Mountainview 55.