The Bear River Bruins will venture away from home to face off against the Oakmont Vikings at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Bear River has insisted on making their lastthree contests complete nail-biters, turning in a record of 3-0 during that stretch of close contests.
Bear River will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Lincoln, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Bear River came out on top in a nail-biter against Lincoln on Wednesday, sneaking past 61-58. That's two games straight that the Bruins have won by exactly three points.
Meanwhile, Oakmont suffered their closest defeat since December 1, 2023 on Wednesday. They fell just short of Center by a score of 58-56. While the Vikings didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Cougars 14-7 in the first quarter.
Bear River's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-12. They've had to fight for that success though, as they only beat their opponents by an average of 2.33 points across that stretch. As for Oakmont, they now have a losing record at 12-13.
Bear River came up short against Oakmont in their previous matchup back in January, falling 70-60. Can Bear River avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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