The Briar Woods Falcons's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Harrisonburg Blue Streaks at 6:00 p.m. on February 19th. Briar Woods will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Virginia Rankings (they are ranked 212th, while Harrisonburg is ranked 104th).
Last Wednesday, Briar Woods suffered a tough 68-48 loss at the hands of Potomac Falls. Briar Woods has not had much luck with Potomac Falls recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Despite the loss, Briar Woods saw an underclassman step up: Devon Pettibone scored 18 points along with two steals. Pettibone is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 15 or more in the last four games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan Brzezanski, who scored 14 points along with three blocks.
Meanwhile, even though Riverbend scored an imposing 58 points on Wednesday, Harrisonburg still came out on top. Harrisonburg walked away with a 66-58 victory over Riverbend. The win was just what Harrisonburg needed coming off of a 71-39 loss in their prior game.
Briar Woods has traveled a rocky road recently having lost eight of their last ten games, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-14 record this season. As for Harrisonburg, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-9 record this season.
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