Preview: Port Washington Pirates vs. Nicolet Knights
Port Washington is 1-9 against Nicolet since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Port Washington Pirates will be playing at home against the Nicolet Knights at 7:00 p.m. Port Washington will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Wisconsin Rankings (they are ranked 290th, while Nicolet is ranked 12th).
Last Friday, Port Washington ended up a good deal behind Cedarburg and lost 67-50.
Meanwhile, Nicolet had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.3 points), and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They managed a 57-53 victory over Whitefish Bay.
Davion Hannah was his usual excellent self, almost dropping a double-double on 17 points and nine rebounds. He is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as he's now pulled down nine or more in the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Nacir Beamon, who scored 17 points.
Port Washington has not been sharp recently as the team has lost three of their last four matchups, which is still a better percentage than their 4-17 record this season. As for Nicolet, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season.
Port Washington was taken down by Nicolet 98-45 in their previous matchup back in January. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Port Washington was down 50-25.
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