The Middlesex Bluejays will head out to challenge the Somerville Pioneers at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Middlesex sitting on three straight wins and Somerville on four.
Last Friday, Middlesex had just enough and edged Piscataway Vo-Tech out 53-51. The 53-point effort marked the Bluejays' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Somerville). They skirted past Spotswood 55-53. While the Pioneers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 12-15), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Middlesex's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Somerville, their win bumped their record up to 4-0.
Middlesex lost to Somerville on the road by a decisive 58-43 margin when the teams last played back in February. Can Middlesex avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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