Basketball Game Preview: Calais Blue Devils vs. Jonesport-Beals Royals

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Previous Games

01/07/25 - Home	64-60 W
01/22/24 - Away	38-40 L
01/03/24 - Home	49-34 W
01/30/23 - Home	54-28 W
12/10/22 - Away	45-25 W
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Calais has gone 8-1 against Jonesport-Beals recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Calais Blue Devils just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Jonesport-Beals Royals at 6:00 p.m. Calais will be strutting in after a victory while Jonesport-Beals will be coming in after a defeat.

Jonesport-Beals will be up against a hot Calais team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Calais strolled past Narraguagus with points to spare on Monday, taking the game 64-47. Given the Blue Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Maine basketball rankings (they are ranked 21st, while the Knights are ranked 91st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Jonesport-Beals was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Tuesday as they fell 53-47 to Shead.

Calais' win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-4. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.2 points per game. As for Jonesport-Beals, their loss dropped their record down to 6-8.

Calais didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Jonesport-Beals when the teams last played on January 7th, but they still walked away with a 64-60 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Calais since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.