The Fall River Pirates will square off against the Barneveld Eagles on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Fall River beats Barneveld with 64 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Fall River beat Benton on Tuesday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 64-40. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Pirates.
Meanwhile, Barneveld waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They came within six points of losing the streak, but they secured a 52-46 W against the Warriors. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 200th, while the Warriors are ranked 468th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Fall River pushed their record up to 12-11 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.9 points over those games. As for Barneveld, their victory bumped their record up to 18-5.
Everything went Fall River's way against Barneveld when the teams last played back in March of 2024, as Fall River made off with a 73-47 win. Does Fall River have another victory up their sleeve, or will Barneveld turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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