Manchester Regional and Rutherford are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2015, but not for long. The Manchester Regional Falcons' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Rutherford Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on February 13th. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
On Saturday, Manchester Regional was the victim of a tough 62-37 defeat at the hands of Wayne Valley. While losing is never fun, Manchester Regional can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 293rd, while Wayne Valley is ranked 36th).
Meanwhile, Rutherford suffered a rough 62-36 defeat at the hands of Memorial on Thursday.
Manchester Regional's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-9. As for Rutherford, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-6.
Manchester Regional was dealt a bruising 83-50 defeat at the hands of Rutherford when the teams last played back in February of 2022. Can Manchester Regional avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
