The Case Cardinals will head out on the road to square off against the Somerset Berkley Regional Raiders at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Case will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Massachusetts Rankings (they are ranked 135th, while Somerset Berkley Regional is ranked 12th).
Case proved they can win big last Monday (they won by 40) but last Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Seekonk out 50-48. The win was familiar territory for Case who now have three in a row.
Meanwhile, Somerset Berkley Regional put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Seekonk 86-57 on the road. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Somerset Berkley Regional found their leader in underclassman Dom Taylor, who scored 18 points along with five rebounds and two blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Colten Pacheco, who scored 15 points along with two steals.
Case's victory bumped their record up to 10-6. As for Somerset Berkley Regional, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-2 record this season.
Case suffered a grim 76-56 defeat to Somerset Berkley Regional when the teams last played back in January of 2023. Can Case avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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