The St. Johns Redwings will head out to face off against the Eastern Quakers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Johns will be strutting in after a win while Eastern will be coming in after a loss.
St. Johns will head into Tuesday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by 24) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Marshall 60-57. The win was all the more spectacular given the Redwings' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 220th, while the Redhawks are ranked 44th).
Meanwhile, Eastern was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 63-54 hit to the loss column at the hands of Stockbridge.
St. Johns is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.3 points per game. As for Eastern, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
St. Johns came up short against Eastern in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, falling 62-58. Can St. Johns avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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