The Sutton Mustangs will head out to take on the Milford Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Sutton is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Fairbury: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Sutton blew Fairbury out of the water with a 69-33 final score. The Mustangs pushed the score to 55-29 by the end of the third, a deficit the Jeffs had little chance of recovering from.
Meanwhile, Milford waltzed into their contest on Thursday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They blew past the Orangemen 58-35. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Orangemen are ranked 73rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Milford's win was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 14-1. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.7 points per game. As for Sutton, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-4.
Sutton and Milford were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in January of 2024, but Sutton came up empty-handed after a 42-41 loss. Can Sutton avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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