Two dominant guards in Noah Sundquist and Jack Gross are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Cherry Tigers will challenge the B O L D Warriors on Thursday. Cherry knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 31 contests -- so hopefully B O L D likes a good challenge.
If Cherry beats B O L D with 77 points on Thursday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Cherry beat Deer River on Saturday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 77-56. The Tigers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 18 matchups by 21 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, it's playoff time, and B O L D had no trouble coming through when it counted. They blew past Madelia, posting a 76-49 victory. Winning may never get old, but the Warriors sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Cherry better keep an eye on Gross. He was instrumental in B O L D's win, going 10-for-13 en route to 24 points in addition to seven assists and seven rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Gross a new career-high in shooting accuracy (77%). Another player making a difference was Owen Baumgartner, who dropped a double-double with 19 points and 11 boards.
B O L D was working as a unit and finished the game with 26 assists. They are 19-7 when they've passed the ball that well.
Cherry pushed their record up to 30-1 with the win, which was their 23rd straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 89.2 points over those games. As for B O L D, their record is now 20-10.
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