Deering and Scarborough are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2017, but not for long. The Deering Rams will be playing at home against the Scarborough Red Storm at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Monday, Deering came up short against South Portland and fell 69-60. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maine basketball rankings (they are ranked 77th, while the Red Riots are ranked 13th).
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 78-47, which was the final score in Scarborough's tilt against South Portland on Thursday. The match marked the Red Storm's lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Scarborough's defeat dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Deering, their loss was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-6.
Deering and Scarborough were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, but Deering came up empty-handed after a 61-60 defeat. Can Deering avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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