Basketball Preview: Avinger Indians vs. Ore City Rebels
The Avinger Indians will challenge the Ore City Rebels at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Avinger has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with nine straight losses, while Ore City will come in with three straight victories.
Avinger is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Maud on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Avinger was dealt a 68-27 defeat at the hands of Maud.
Avinger's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Kendyn Moore, who scored 15 points, and Dustin Boren, who earned nine points.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Ore City). They simply couldn't be stopped on Monday as they easily beat Detroit 57-28. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Ore City's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 3-1. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.3 points per game. As for Avinger, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
Avinger took a serious blow against Ore City when the teams last played back in November of 2023, falling 64-30. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Avinger was down 39-16.
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