Pillager hasn't had much luck against New York Mills recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Pillager Huskies will host the New York Mills Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Pillager has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Pillager is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell just short of Upsala by a score of 78-75 on Tuesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (67), the Huskies still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, New York Mills had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 34 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Tuesday. They breezed by the Cardinals to the tune of 80-48. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 147th, while the Cardinals are ranked 309th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
New York Mills is also on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.4 points per game. As for Pillager, their loss dropped their record down to 6-13.
Pillager was dealt a bruising 86-31 defeat at the hands of New York Mills when the teams last played back in January. Will Pillager have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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