Brooke Point has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Potomac Senior Panthers at TBD on Thursday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
With a playoff game on the line, Brooke Point rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They walked away with a 52-44 victory over the Eagles.
Brooke Point got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Ryan Apietu out in front who scored 12 points along with seven rebounds. Apietu continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Gabriel Pinzon, who scored ten points.
Meanwhile, Potomac Senior had already won 11 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.1 points), and they went ahead and made it 12 on Tuesday. They slipped by Gainesville 56-55. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Potomac Senior can attribute much of their success to TJ Bethea, who scored 17 points, and Kenny DeGuzman, who scored 15 points along with three steals. DeGuzman has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Peter Mitchell, who scored nine points.
Brooke Point pushed their record up to 17-10 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Potomac Senior, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-2 record this season.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the pair are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Brooke Point hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 61.4 points per game. However, it's not like Potomac Senior struggles in that department as they've been averaging 69.2 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Brooke Point might still be hurting after the 62-37 defeat they got from Potomac Senior in their previous matchup back in January of 2017. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Brooke Point was down 40-16.
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