Tamarac has enjoyed a two-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the Fonda-Fultonville Braves at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. One thing working in Tamarac's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last four contests.
Tamarac pushed their score all the way to 57 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. Their tough 82-57 loss to Mechanicville might stick with them for a while. Tamarac was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 47-22.
Despite the loss, Tamarac got a solid performance out of Adam Rice, who dropped a double-double on 31 points and ten rebounds. That was a full 54.4% of Tamarac's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kamerin Edmonds, who scored 13 points.
Tamarac struggled to work together and finished the game with only four assists. That's the fewest assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Fonda-Fultonville unfortunately witnessed the end of their eight-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of Berne-Knox-Westerlo by a score of 40-38. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as Fonda-Fultonville came into the match with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 74th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 211th).
Tamarac's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-10. As for Fonda-Fultonville, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-2.
Tamarac suffered a grim 76-51 defeat to the Braves in their previous matchup back in January of 2020. Can Tamarac avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
