The Kingsley Stags will take on the Sault Area Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Kingsley sitting on four straight wins and Sault Area on six.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Kingsley and Boyne City meet (two straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Wednesday. Kingsley came out on top against Boyne City by a score of 45-35.
Meanwhile, Sault Area was fully in charge on Wednesday, breezing past Cheboygan 60-22. Given the Blue Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 56th, while the Chiefs are ranked 329th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kingsley's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-7. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 27.7 points on average over those games. As for Sault Area, their win bumped their record up to 16-5.
Kingsley ended up a good deal behind Sault Area when the teams last played back in March of 2020, losing 58-43. Can Kingsley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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