After flying high against Edison on Friday, Brooke came back down to earth. The Brooke Bruins were dealt a 79-36 defeat at the hands of the Ripley Vikings on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Bruins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 779th, while the Vikings are ranked 20th).
Blake Justice continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Ripley, going 7 of 9 on his way to 17 points and four steals. Justice has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times he's played. Brady Mcvay was another key player, putting up eight points.
Brooke has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-8 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.5 points per game. As for Ripley, the victory was the eighth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-2.
Brooke will head out to challenge North Marion at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Brooke is facing North Marion at the right time seeing as North Marion is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Ripley, they will welcome Hoover at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hoover is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58 points per game this season.
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