Basketball Preview: West Morgan Rebels vs. Brewer Patriots
West Morgan has gone 8-2 against Brewer recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The West Morgan Rebels and the Brewer Patriots are set to duel. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Wednesday, West Morgan was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 61-56 to Arab. The Rebels have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Brewer had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.4 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Tigers by a score of 59-46. 59 seems to be a good number for the Patriots as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Brewer's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Cason Oden, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten rebounds, and Cam Ballinger, who went 6 for 12 en route to 14 points plus six rebounds and two steals. What's more, Ballinger also racked up two threes, the most he's had since back in December of 2023. Another player making a difference was Jackson Dunn, who earned 11 points in addition to five assists.
Brewer smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 17 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in six consecutive games.
Brewer pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.3 points per game. As for West Morgan, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
West Morgan couldn't quite finish off Brewer in their previous meeting back in December of 2023 and fell 56-53. Can West Morgan avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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