The Eagle Mustangs will head out on the road to face off against the Boise Brave at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Eagle will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Idaho Rankings (they are ranked 47th, while Boise is ranked third).
Even though Eagle has not done well against Timberline recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Eagle secured a 57-51 W over Timberline. The win made it back-to-back wins for Eagle.
Eagle can attribute much of their success to Berkley Jones, who scored 20 points, and Paige Cofer, who scored 18 points along with 6 rebounds. That makes it two consecutive games in which Cofer has scored at least 25% of Eagle's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Mary (molly) johnson, who scored 8 points along with 7 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Boise entered their tilt with Centennial with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. Boise blew past Centennial 49-15 on the road. Considering Boise has won eight contests by more than 19 points this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
The win got Eagle back to even at 4-4. As for Boise, they pushed their record up to 10-1 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Eagle was dealt a bruising 62-34 loss at the hands of Boise in their previous meeting back in January. Can Eagle avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
