The Carrington Cardinals will head out on the road to take on the Devils Lake Firebirds at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Carrington is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 79-44, which was the final score in Carrington's tilt against Grafton on Friday. While losing is never fun, Carrington can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Dakota basketball rankings (they are ranked 92nd, while Grafton is ranked fourth).
Meanwhile, even though Thompson scored an imposing 69 points on Friday, Devils Lake still came out on top. Devils Lake walked away with an 80-69 victory over Thompson. The win made it back-to-back wins for Devils Lake.
Carrington's defeat dropped their record down to 2-21. As for Devils Lake, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-3 record this season.
Carrington was taken down by Devils Lake 77-31 in their previous meeting back in January. Can Carrington avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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