Ferndale and Meridian are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2016, but not for long. The Ferndale Golden Eagles will challenge the Meridian Trojans at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
Ferndale is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Burlington-Edison just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Saturday. They came up short against the Tigers, falling 66-46. While losing is never fun, the Golden Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 115th, while the Tigers are ranked 18th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Meridian). They managed a 63-59 win over Lakewood on Saturday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Trojans considering their 20-point performance the match before.
Meridian has also been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for Ferndale, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-7.
Ferndale was able to grind out a solid victory over Meridian in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, winning 44-32. The rematch might be a little tougher for Ferndale since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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