The Burns Hilanders will take on the Lowry Buckaroos in a holiday battle at at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Burns took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They breezed by Pendleton to the tune of 46-18. Given the Hilanders' advantage in MaxPreps' Oregon basketball rankings (they are ranked 24th, while the Buckaroos are ranked 108th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lowry). They took their game on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 57-17 win over Battle Mountain. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-7.
Burns' victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-2. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 29.7 points. As for Lowry, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
