The Briggs Bruins will head out on the road to challenge the Marion-Franklin Red Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with five consecutive losses for Briggs and six for Marion-Franklin.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 80-48, which was the final score in Briggs' tilt against Africentric Early College on Tuesday. Briggs has struggled against Africentric Early College recently, as their game on Tuesday was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Marion-Franklin pushed their score all the way to 60 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell to Eastmoor Academy 65-60.
Briggs dropped their record down to 5-16 with that defeat, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Marion-Franklin, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-12.
Briggs couldn't quite finish off Marion-Franklin when the teams last played back in January and fell 65-62. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Marion-Franklin's Terry Black, who dropped a double-double on 26 points and ten rebounds. Now that Briggs knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
