The Gregory Gorillas will face off against the St. Mary Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Gregory sitting on four straight wins and St. Mary on eight.
Gregory had already proven themselves in the regular season, and didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They took down Tripp-Delmont/Armour 44-25 on Friday. Gregory pushed the score to 37-17 by the end of the third, a deficit Tripp-Delmont/Armour cut but never quite recovered from.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Gregory to victory, but perhaps none more so than Cruz Klundt, who scored 16 points along with seven rebounds and four steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Daniel Mitchell, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 15 rebounds.
Meanwhile, St. Mary narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Bridgewater/Emery 52-50.
Gregory is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. As for St. Mary, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 18-4.
Gregory came up short against St. Mary when the teams last played back in February, falling 59-53. Can Gregory avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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