The Delhi Bears will take on the Bourgeois Braves in a holiday battle at at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. Delhi has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight defeats, while Bourgeois will come in with four straight wins.
Delhi came up into this matchup off a tough 31-point loss on Monday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Mangham by a score of 55-52 on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 261st, while the Dragons are ranked 115th).
While Bourgeois didn't have the best season last year (they finished 10-14), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They secured a 56-51 W over Prairieville on Thursday.
Bourgeois has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.6 points per game. As for Delhi, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-8.
Delhi suffered a grim 60-38 defeat to Bourgeois in their previous matchup back in December of 2018. Can Delhi avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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