The Bergen Tech Knights will face off against the East Orange Campus Jaguars on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Bergen Tech will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Clifton, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Bergen Tech snuck past Clifton with a 59-55 win on Thursday.
Meanwhile, East Orange Campus came tearing into Thursday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.3 points), and they left with even more momentum. They came within four points of losing the streak, but they secured a 50-46 W against the Cougars. Given the Jaguars' advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 70th, while the Cougars are ranked 235th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
East Orange Campus' victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-10. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.7 points over those games. As for Bergen Tech, the win got them back to even at 10-10.
Bergen Tech took a serious blow against East Orange Campus when the teams last played back in March of 2015, falling 77-49. Can Bergen Tech avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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