Pine River-Backus and Red Lake are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Pine River-Backus Tigers will face off against the Red Lake Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pine River-Backus knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past three games -- so hopefully Red Lake likes a good challenge.
If Pine River-Backus beats Red Lake with 77 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Pine River-Backus came out on top against Sebeka by a score of 77-70 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Red Lake came up short against Goodridge/Grygla on Tuesday and fell 60-47.
Pine River-Backus will need focus on slowing down Austin Perkins, one of several Red Lake players who made an impact when they last played. He posted 14 points along with eight boards and four steals. Dimitruis Harris was another key player, putting up nine points along with five rebounds and three steals.
Red Lake's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Pine River-Backus, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
Pine River-Backus didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Red Lake in their previous matchup back in February, but they still walked away with an 84-80 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pine River-Backus since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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