The St. Paul Central Minutemen will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the Byron Bears at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
St. Paul Central is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Burnsville just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Saturday. They lost to the Blaze at home by a 79-63 margin. The matchup marked the Minutemen's lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Byron was able to grind out a solid victory over Goodhue on Friday, taking the game 81-72. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 16th, while the Wildcats are ranked 154th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The win made it two in a row for Byron and bumps their season record up to 6-1. As for St. Paul Central, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 4-1.
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