Garfield is 0-10 against LaBrae since March of 2018 but things could change on Friday. The Garfield G-Men will square off against the LaBrae Vikings at 7:15 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Garfield easily dispatched Crestview last Thursday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Garfield fell just short of Brookfield by a score of 66-63 on Monday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Thursday (60), the G-Men still had to take the loss.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Preston Gedeon and Blake Hammond. Hammond had a great game and went 10 of 22 on his way to 30 points along with six boards and five assists. Meanwhile, Gedeon was balling out in the loss, putting up 29 points in addition to six rebounds and four steals.
Meanwhile, LaBrae entered their tilt with Crestview on Monday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past the Rebels, posting a 63-29 win. That looming 63-29 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Vikings yet this season.
LaBrae has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.6 points per game. As for Garfield, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-2.
Garfield took a serious blow against LaBrae in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, falling 82-55. Can Garfield avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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