The Newberry Indians will venture away from home to challenge the Pickford Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Last Friday, Newberry made easy work of Engadine and carried off a 54-34 win. The Indians haven't had any issues with the Eagles recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive victory against them.
Meanwhile, Pickford had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30.2 points) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Friday. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 69-24 win over the Trojans. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 106th, while the Trojans are ranked 491st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pickford's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.5 points over those games. As for Newberry, their win bumped their record up to 9-6.
Things could have been worse for Newberry, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 73-54 loss to Pickford in their previous meeting back in January. Can Newberry avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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