Preview: Commerce Tigers vs. Galena Bulldogs
Commerce is 0-4 against Galena since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Commerce Tigers will stay at home for another game and welcome the Galena Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on January 26th. Commerce has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
You can't lose the matchup if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Commerce's strategy against Welch on Tuesday. Everything went Commerce's way against Welch as Commerce made off with a 54-31 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory Commerce has posted yet this season.
Meanwhile, Galena scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Tuesday. They came out on top against Columbus by a score of 63-54. The victory was just what Galena needed coming off of a 71-41 loss in their prior match.
Commerce is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 5-9 record this season. As for Galena, their victory bumped their record up to 5-3-2.
Commerce took a serious blow against Galena when the teams last played back in January of 2020, falling 57-29. Can Commerce avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
