The East St. John Wildcats will head out to challenge the Bourgeois Braves at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Monday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, East St. John beat Ascension Christian 63-59.
Meanwhile, Bourgeois had already won four in a row and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Trojans with a sharp 64-39 win. Given the Braves' advantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 71st, while the Trojans are ranked 309th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bourgeois pushed their record up to 30-18 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.7 points over those games. As for East St. John, their win bumped their record up to 20-25.
East St. John couldn't quite finish off Bourgeois when the teams last played back in January and fell 55-53. Can East St. John avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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