The Memorial Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Rutherford Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Memorial pushed their score all the way to 66 on Monday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 74-66 hit to the loss column at the hands of Hudson Catholic. While losing is never fun, Memorial can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 73rd, while Hudson Catholic is ranked tenth).
Meanwhile, Rutherford came up short against River Dell on Saturday and fell 64-53.
Memorial's loss dropped their record down to 15-6. As for Rutherford, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-5.
