Basketball Preview: Boyertown Bears vs. Downingtown East Cougars
The Boyertown Bears will venture away from home to square off against the Downingtown East Cougars at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Boyertown focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 22 on Tuesday.
Last Tuesday, Boyertown ended up a good deal behind Pennridge and lost 55-36. The Bears have struggled against the Rams recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Boyertown might have lost, but man, Trey Kern was a machine: he shot 4-for-5 from downtown and dropped a double-double on 14 points and ten rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Kern a new career-high in threes (four).
Meanwhile, Downingtown East didn't have quite enough to beat Hatboro-Horsham on Tuesday and fell 59-57. The Cougars have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Boyertown's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Downingtown East, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Boyertown might still be hurting after the 69-48 defeat they got from Downingtown East in their previous matchup back in December of 2016. Can Boyertown avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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