The Avondale Yellowjackets will take on the Clarkston Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Clarkston will be up against a hot Avondale team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. Avondale walked away with a 70-59 win over Bloomfield Hills on Tuesday. Given the Yellowjackets' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 55th, while the Black Hawks are ranked 258th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Clarkston has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They were a single point away from ending the streak, but they lost a 59-58 heartbreaker at the hands of Adams. That's two games in a row now that the Wolves have lost by just one point.
Avondale pushed their record up to 13-6 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.5 points over those games. As for Clarkston, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-5.
Avondale was able to grind out a solid win over Clarkston when the teams last played back in January, winning 55-48. Does Avondale have another victory up their sleeve, or will Clarkston turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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