The Peebles Indians will face off against the North Adams Green Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Peebles has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with seven straight defeats, while North Adams will come in with three straight victories.
Last Monday, Peebles lost to Eastern on the road by a 54-36 margin. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 613th, while the Warriors are ranked 236th).
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely North Adams' strategy against Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington on Wednesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that North Adams blew Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington out of the water with a 61-26 final score. The Green Devils have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four matchups by 22 points or more this season.
Peebles' loss dropped their record down to 2-10. As for North Adams, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season.
Peebles might still be hurting after the 56-34 defeat they got from North Adams in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. Can Peebles avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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