The Gladstone Braves will square off against the Sault Area Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Gladstone is headed into the match having just posted their closest win since January 31st on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 50-47 victory over Negaunee. The win was all the more spectacular given the Braves' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 42nd, while the Miners are ranked tenth).
Meanwhile, Sault Area had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.2 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. They came out on top against the Stags by a score of 51-39.
Sault Area's record now sits at 17-5. As for Gladstone, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 22-2.
Gladstone and Sault Area were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in February of 2016, but Gladstone came up empty-handed after a 47-46 defeat. Can Gladstone avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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