The Cleveland Clippers will venture away from home to take on the Martin County West Mavericks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Cleveland is headed into the game having just suffered their biggest loss since February 9, 2024 on Friday. 2025 welcomed they with a 75-49 loss courtesy of Le Sueur-Henderson. While losing is never fun, the Clippers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 277th, while the Giants are ranked 86th).
Meanwhile, Martin County West was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They took a 72-63 hit to the loss column at the hands of St. James. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (61), the Mavericks still had to take the loss.
Martin County West's loss dropped their record down to 3-8. As for Cleveland, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-4.
Cleveland was able to grind out a solid victory over Martin County West in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, winning 79-68. Will Cleveland repeat their success, or does Martin County West have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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