The Downingtown East Cougars will challenge the Boyertown Bears at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Last Tuesday, Downingtown East didn't have quite enough to beat Hatboro-Horsham and fell 59-57. The Cougars have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Boyertown lost to Pennridge at home by a 55-36 margin on Tuesday. The Bears haven't had much luck with the Rams recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Boyertown might have lost, but man, Trey Kern was a machine: he shot 4-for-5 from downtown and dropped a double-double on 14 points and ten rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Kern a new career-high in threes (four).
Boyertown's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Downingtown East, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Everything went Downingtown East's way against Boyertown in their previous matchup back in December of 2016, as Downingtown East made off with a 69-48 win. Will Downingtown East repeat their success, or does Boyertown have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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