Having just played yesterday, the Franklin Pierce Cardinals will jump right back in to play the Bremerton Knights at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Franklin Pierce is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They came out on top against West Valley by a score of 59-50. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cardinals.
It was another big night for Javon Barbee, who shot 46% from the field en route to 29 points in addition to seven boards and three steals. That makes it 12 consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Franklin Pierce's points. Another player making a difference was Lamel Brim, who posted eight points along with eight rebounds and three blocks.
Meanwhile, Bremerton had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.3 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Saturday. They took down the Cougars 62-44. The Knights pushed the score to 60-38 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cougars cut but never quite recovered from.
Bremerton pushed their record up to 19-5 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Franklin Pierce, their win bumped their record up to 21-4.
Franklin Pierce was dealt a bruising 66-34 defeat at the hands of Bremerton in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Can Franklin Pierce avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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