The McGregor Mercuries will venture away from home to face off against the Braham Bombers at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. McGregor has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with seven straight losses, while Braham will come in with four straight wins.
McGregor is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 97-79 bruising from South Ridge on Friday.
Meanwhile, Braham earned a 77-67 victory over Crosby-Ironton on Thursday.
McGregor better focus on containing Tyler Eklund and Tanner Doble as the pair were huge in Braham's win. Eklund went 6 of 11 from beyond the arc en route to 31 points along with eight rebounds and seven assists, while Doble dropped a double-double on 27 points and ten boards. Eklund's evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Soren Lilly, who posted 16 points.
Braham was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Braham's record is now 4-0. As for McGregor, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
McGregor was taken down by Braham 81-45 when the teams last played back in December of 2023. Can McGregor avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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