After both having extra time off, the Baldwin Bruins and the Great Neck South Rebels will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Baldwin is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup last Wednesday. They walked away with a 55-45 win over South Side. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bruins.
Meanwhile, Great Neck South put another one in the bag last Wednesday to keep their perfect season alive. They took down Valley Stream Central 62-45. Given the Rebels' advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 23rd, while the Eagles are ranked 218th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Great Neck South's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-0. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.7 points over those games. As for Baldwin, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.
Baldwin couldn't quite finish off Great Neck South in their previous matchup back in February and fell 54-51. Can Baldwin avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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