Basketball Game Preview: Garfield G-Men vs. Brookfield Warriors

Garfield and Brookfield are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2018, but not for long. The Garfield G-Men will host the Brookfield Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Garfield is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 60.2 points per game this season.

Garfield took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 50-43 victory over Crestview.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Garfield to victory, but perhaps none more so than Aidan Hill, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 17 rebounds. Those 17 boards gave Hill a new career-high. Preston Gedeon was another key player, putting up 21 points.

Garfield smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in four consecutive contests.

Meanwhile, Brookfield was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell 48-35 to Newton Falls. The matchup marked the Warriors' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Garfield's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-5. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.0 points per game. As for Brookfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-8.

Garfield couldn't quite finish off Brookfield when the teams last played back in January and fell 66-63. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Brookfield's Blake Hammond, who went 10 of 22 en route to 30 points in addition to six rebounds and five assists. Now that Garfield knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.