Union County is 1-9 against Northeastern since February of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. Having just played yesterday, the Union County Patriots will jump right back in to play the Northeastern Knights at 7:30 p.m. Union County will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Indiana Rankings (they are ranked 339th, while Northeastern is ranked 147th).
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Union County walked away with it. They walked away with a 58-45 win over the Tigers on Friday.
Meanwhile, Northeastern didn't have too much trouble with Shenandoah on the road on Friday as they won 46-32. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Northeastern.
Tre Vanlandingham was his usual excellent self, scoring 17 points along with five assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Wesley Hunt, who scored eight points along with three steals.
Union County's victory bumped their record up to 11-13. As for Northeastern, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season.
Union County came up short against Northeastern in their previous meeting back in February, falling 54-48. Can Union County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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