Basketball Preview: Northwestern Bulls vs. Miami Stingarees
The Northwestern Bulls will challenge the Miami Stingarees at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a four-game winning streak alive.
Northwestern will head into Saturday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by 65) but on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Miami Country Day 82-80.
Northwestern's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Zacuras Dawson, who went 9 for 18 en route to 26 points plus seven assists and two steals. Jamiro Smith was another key player, going 5 for 10 en route to 16 points plus eight steals and five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Miami didn't have too much trouble with South Plantation on Friday as they won 41-25. The 41-point effort marked the Stingarees' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Northwestern's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Miami, their victory bumped their record up to 5-1.
Northwestern didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Miami when the teams last played back in November of 2023, but they still walked away with a 54-48 win. Does Northwestern have another victory up their sleeve, or will Miami turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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