The Brushton-Moira Panthers will be playing at home against the Tupper Lake Lumberjacks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
With a playoff game on the line, Brushton-Moira rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They walked away with a 54-47 victory over the Larries. The win was just what Brushton-Moira needed coming off of a 69-27 loss in their prior match.
In what's become a running theme this season, Tupper Lake gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. They blew past Colton-Pierrepont 65-40. Winning may never get old, but Tupper Lake sure is getting used to it with their seventh in a row.
Tupper Lake can attribute much of their success to Garrett Pelkey, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 15 rebounds, and Thomas Peterson, who scored 19 points along with eight rebounds and six steals. Peterson is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last ten games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler LaPlante, who scored nine points along with six rebounds and two steals.
The victory got Brushton-Moira back to even at 7-7. As for Tupper Lake, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season.
Brushton-Moira was taken down by Tupper Lake 69-27 in their previous matchup back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Peterson, who scored 29 points along with six assists and six rebounds. Now that Brushton-Moira knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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