The Maranacook Black Bears will venture away from home to challenge the Spruce Mountain Phoenix at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Maranacook is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 63 points on Monday, they were much more limited against Hall-Dale on Wednesday. They came up short against the Bulldogs, falling 46-25. The contest marked the Black Bears' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Meanwhile, Spruce Mountain entered their game against Lincoln Academy on Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Spruce Mountain was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 67-66 to Lincoln Academy.
Spruce Mountain's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 9-2. As for Maranacook, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-4.
Maranacook came out on top in a nail-biter against Spruce Mountain in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, sneaking past 76-74. The rematch might be a little tougher for Maranacook since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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