Fort Lee is 2-8 against Dumont since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Fort Lee Bridgemen will be playing at home against the Dumont Huskies at 7:00 p.m. Fort Lee will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps New Jersey Rankings (they are ranked 313th, while Dumont is ranked 86th).
Last Sunday, Fort Lee beat Cresskill 55-43. The victory was just what Fort Lee needed coming off of a 65-33 defeat in their prior matchup.
Fort Lee can attribute much of their success to Devin Jang, who scored 18 points, and Guy Vickers, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten rebounds. Vickers has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last seven times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Maxwell Greenberg, who scored six points along with five rebounds.
Dumont suffered their closest loss yet this season on Thursday. They fell just short of Tenafly by a score of 45-43. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Dumont in their matchups with Tenafly: they've now lost three in a row.
Fort Lee's win bumped their record up to 5-10. As for Dumont, they bumped their record down to 10-5 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
Fort Lee ended up a good deal behind Dumont in their previous meeting on January 2nd, losing 57-41. Will Fort Lee have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.