The ALA - Queen Creek Patriots will take on the Eastmark Firebirds at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Tuesday, ALA - Queen Creek came up short against ALA - Gilbert North and fell 70-62.
Meanwhile, Eastmark had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 68-46 margin over the Rattlers. Given the Firebirds' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 119th, while the Rattlers are ranked 254th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
ALA - Queen Creek's loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 13-7. As for Eastmark, their victory bumped their record up to 13-8.
Everything went ALA - Queen Creek's way against Eastmark when the teams last played on January 10th, as ALA - Queen Creek made off with a 64-44 win. Does ALA - Queen Creek have another victory up their sleeve, or will Eastmark turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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