The Brimfield Indians just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Princeville Princes at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Brimfield sitting on five straight victories and Princeville on four.
While Brimfield didn't have the best season last year (they finished 12-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They took down St. Bede 54-37 on Friday. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 265th, while the Bruins are ranked 551st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, couldn't have asked for a better way to wrap up 2024 than the 61-32 stomp they got against Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge]. With the Princes ahead 32-8 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Brimfield pushed their record up to 9-3 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.7 points per game. As for Princeville, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
Brimfield didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Princeville when the teams last played back in November, but they still walked away with a 46-42 victory. Will Brimfield repeat their success, or does Princeville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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