After flying high against Hermantown last Friday, Duluth East came back down to earth. The Duluth East Greyhounds lost to the Blaine Bengals on the road by a 81-66 margin on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Greyhounds can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 256th, while the Bengals are ranked 98th).
Duluth East has also traveled a rocky road recently, having lost nine of their last 12 matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 8-17 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.1 points over those games. Blaine's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 15-11.
Duluth East does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Blaine, they have already played their next contest, a 59-56 loss against Centennial on the 8th.
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