The Ruskin Golden Eagles are taking a road trip to take on the Grandview Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Ruskin is headed into the contest having just suffered their biggest defeat since November 26, 2024 on Tuesday. They had to suffer through a 84-50 loss at the hands of Truman. While losing is never fun, the Golden Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 265th, while the Patriots are ranked 100th).
Meanwhile, Grandview sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 56-53 win over Raytown South on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Bulldogs have posted against the Cardinals since January 14, 2020.
Grandview has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.4 points per game. As for Ruskin, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-6.
Ruskin came up short against Grandview in their previous meeting back in February of 2023, falling 52-43. Can Ruskin avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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