Preview: Idea Timberwolves vs. Eastern Ramblers
The Idea Timberwolves will be playing at home against the Eastern Ramblers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Idea is coming into the contest hot, having won their last 13 games.
Idea extended their postseason success on Saturday against KIPP DC Legacy College Prep. They came out on top against the Bulldogs by a score of 74-64. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Jaden Bradley continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 7 for 10 from beyond the arc en route to 27 points and 3 assists. Nehemiah Johnson was another key contributor, scoring seven points along with 23 rebounds and three blocks.
Meanwhile, Eastern faced McKinley Tech in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Eastern lost to McKinley Tech at home by a decisive 61-47 margin on February 9th. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Eastern in their matchups with McKinley Tech: they've now lost seven in a row.
Idea has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 26-6 record this season. As for Eastern, their loss dropped their record down to 10-9.
Idea and Eastern were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in December of 2023, but Idea came up empty-handed after a 60-59 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Eastern's Rashid Faruq, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 11 assists. Now that Idea knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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