Basketball Recap: Pillager Now 8-1 over Last Nine Games

Pillager won the last time they faced Bertha-Hewitt and things went their way on Thursday too. The Pillager Huskies took down the Bertha-Hewitt Bears 69-53.

Pillager is also on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.6 points per game. As for Bertha-Hewitt, they have been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six games, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-11 record this season.

Pillager and Hinckley-Finlayson will face off at 5:30 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Bertha-Hewitt has already played their next contest (against Menahga), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.