The Brother Rice Warriors and the East Kentwood Falcons will compete for holiday cheer at 10:15 a.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
If Brother Rice beats East Kentwood with 68 points on Saturday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Brother Rice slipped by De La Salle Collegiate 68-67 on Friday. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 17th, while the Pilots are ranked 252nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, East Kentwood beat Pioneer 65-56 on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Falcons.
Brother Rice's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-1. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.8 points per game. As for East Kentwood, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
Brother Rice came up short against East Kentwood in their previous matchup back in January, falling 47-42. Can Brother Rice avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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