Preview: Red Lake Warriors vs. Pine River-Backus Tigers
Red Lake has enjoyed the comforts of home their last seven games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Pine River-Backus Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Red Lake will be strutting in after a win while Pine River-Backus will be coming in after a defeat.
Red Lake can now show off 14 landslide victories after their most recent game last Thursday. They blew past Blackduck 94-70. The high-flying offensive effort was a huge turnaround for Red Lake considering their two-point performance the contest before.
Gerald Kingbird jr continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, shooting 6-for-13 from beyond the arc and almost dropping a double-double on 45 points and nine rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points he has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Dave Dudley Jr, who dropped a double-double on 26 points and 12 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Pine River-Backus pushed their score all the way to 56 last Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell 64-56 to Walker-Hackensack-Akeley.
Red Lake has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season. As for Pine River-Backus, they have been struggling recently as they've lost 11 of their last 13 contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-17 record this season.
Everything came up roses for Red Lake against Pine River-Backus in their previous matchup back in January as the squad secured a 83-55 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Red Lake 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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