Basketball Game Preview: Rush-Henrietta Royal Comets vs. Penfield Patriots
By Team Reports
Jan 28, 2025, 10:15pm
Basketball Preview: Rush-Henrietta Royal Comets vs. Penfield Patriots
The Rush-Henrietta Royal Comets will face off against the Penfield Patriots at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Rush-Henrietta comes in on 12 and Penfield on ten.
Rush-Henrietta will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Victor, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Everything went Rush-Henrietta's way against Victor on Friday as Rush-Henrietta made off with a 69-47 win. Given the Royal Comets' advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked eighth, while the Blue Devils are ranked 265th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Penfield hadn't done well against Greece Athena recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Penfield enjoyed a cozy 71-57 victory over Greece Athena.
Rush-Henrietta pushed their record up to 12-0 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.3 points per game. As for Penfield, their victory bumped their record up to 12-1.
Rush-Henrietta was able to grind out a solid win over Penfield when the teams last played back in December of 2024, winning 68-60. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rush-Henrietta since the squad 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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