The Freeman Scotties will take on the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna Broncos at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Freeman has eight straight wins, Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Freeman will head into Tuesday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by 42) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 47-44 victory over West Valley. The win almost wasn't to be: the Scotties were down 31-17 in the second quarter.
Meanwhile, Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna came up short against Colfax on Saturday, falling 67-42. While losing is never fun, the Broncos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 225th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 16th).
Freeman pushed their record up to 10-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.0 points per game. As for Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna, their loss dropped their record down to 4-9.
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