The East Central Eagles will venture away from home to square off against the Pine City Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. East Central will be strutting in after a victory while Pine City will be coming in after a defeat.
East Central took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They breezed by Hinckley-Finlayson to the tune of 64-27. The Eagles have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five games by 32 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Pine City lost 81-58 to Cloquet on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 295th, while the Lumberjacks are ranked 27th).
Pine City's loss dropped their record down to 3-6. As for East Central, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Everything came up roses for East Central against Pine City in their previous meeting back in January, as the squad secured an 89-53 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Central since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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