The Ballard Beavers will face off against the Mercer Island Islanders at 10:00 a.m. on Monday. The two teams are out to turn their luck around after having lost tight contests in their previous games.
Ballard is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Franklin just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of the Quakers by a score of 65-62. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (61), the Beavers still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Mercer Island suffered their closest loss since December 4, 2024 on Friday. They fell just short of Sammamish by a score of 58-56. The Islanders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Ballard's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-5. As for Mercer Island, their loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 8-8.
Ballard didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Mercer Island when the teams last played back in February of 2017, but they still walked away with a 41-37 victory. Will Ballard repeat their success, or does Mercer Island have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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