The Borden Braves will head out on the road to face off against the Salem Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Borden has four straight wins, Salem has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Borden proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 26) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Clarksville and snuck past 41-39.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 62-34, which was the final score in Salem's tilt against Paoli on Saturday. Salem has struggled against Paoli recently, as their game on Saturday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Borden's victory bumped their record up to 14-8. As for Salem, they dropped their record down to 3-18 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Everything went Borden's way against Salem in their previous matchup back in February of 2023 as Borden made off with a 62-41 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Borden 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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