Blaine is on a five-game streak of home losses, Mount Vernon a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Monday. The Blaine Borderites will welcome the Mount Vernon Bulldogs at 7:15 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Blaine came up into this matchup off a tough 37-point loss on Tuesday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Ferndale by a score of 59-56 on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Borderites can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 293rd, while the Golden Eagles are ranked 131st).
Meanwhile, Mount Vernon lost to Meridian at home by a 72-55 margin on Friday.
Mount Vernon's defeat dropped their record down to 7-10. As for Blaine, their loss dropped their record down to 2-15.
Blaine might still be hurting after the 78-53 defeat they got from Mount Vernon when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Can Blaine avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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