The Mercer Island Islanders will venture away from home to face off against the Ballard Beavers at 10:00 a.m. on Monday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Mercer Island is headed into the contest having just suffered their closest loss since December 4, 2024 on Friday. They fell just short of Sammamish by a score of 58-56. The Islanders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Ballard's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They fell just short of Franklin by a score of 65-62. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (61), the Beavers still had to take the loss.
Mercer Island's defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 8-8. As for Ballard, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-5.
Mercer Island came up short against Ballard when the teams last played back in February of 2017, falling 41-37. Can Mercer Island avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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