The North Blue Devils will venture away from home to challenge Carmen Northwest at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with nine consecutive losses for North and four for Carmen Northwest.
Last Friday, North took a blow against Milton, falling 86-56. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 383rd, while the Red Hawks are ranked 162nd).
North might have lost, but man, Eugene Brinson was a machine: he went 8 of 15 on his way to 19 points and six rebounds. Brinson continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jamarion Martin, who posted 15 points and five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Carmen Northwest was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap last Saturday as they fell 76-72 to Beloit Memorial. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (70), Carmen Northwest still had to take the loss.
Carmen Northwest's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-5. As for North, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-9.
North came up short against Carmen Northwest when the teams last played back in February, falling 59-47. Can North avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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