Reading lost against Union City back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Reading Rangers were beaten by the Union City Chargers 78-40. While losing is never fun, the Rangers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 661st, while the Chargers are ranked 241st).
Brayden Wright
| 02/07/25 @ Union City | 2 |
| 02/04/25 @ Pittsford | 4 |
| 01/31/25 vs Quincy | 2 |
| 01/28/25 vs Bronson | 5 |
| 01/24/25 @ Springport | 2 |
Brayden Wright and Carter Bassage certainly did their best on Friday to avoid the loss. Wright almost dropped a double-double with 18 points and nine boards, while Bassage posted seven points and eight rebounds. Wright has been hot, having also posted two or more steals the last five times he's played.
Aidan Decker continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Union City, dropping a double-double with 16 points and 15 rebounds. That's the most boards Decker has posted since back in January of 2024. Micah Payne was another key player, going 5 of 7 en route to 14 points.
Reading has been struggling recently as they've lost nine of their last ten matchups, which has put a noticeable dent in their 2-16 record this season. As for Union City, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 12-5.
Reading has already played their next game (against Camden-Frontier), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Union City, they will head out to challenge Calhoun Christian at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Union City is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.8 points per game this season.
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