The Cove Leopards will venture away from home to square off against the Echo Cougars at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Cove is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Nixyaawii Community 51-27 on Wednesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Leopards have posted since December 13, 2024.
Meanwhile, Echo had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 40.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Grizzlies as they made off with a 52-28 victory. The Cougars have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 games by 20 points or more this season.
Echo pushed their record up to 16-7 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 24.8 points over those games. As for Cove, their victory bumped their record up to 5-19.
Cove took a serious blow against Echo when the teams last played back in January, falling 58-23. Can Cove avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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