Forest Area lost against East Jordan two weeks ago and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Forest Area Warriors were dealt a 71-14 defeat at the hands of the East Jordan Red Devils. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 690th, while the Red Devils are ranked 249th).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead East Jordan to victory, but perhaps none more so than Korbyn Russell, who went 5 for 8 on his way to 14 points. The dominant performance also gave Russell a new career-high in shooting accuracy (63%). Another player making a difference was Austin Sneed, who went 7 of 9 en route to 14 points.
Forest Area is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-11. As for East Jordan, the win (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 11-3.
Forest Area didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 68-31 loss against Central Lake on the 5th. As for East Jordan, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 56-49 victory against St. Mary Cathedral on the 3rd.
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