Mattawan is 0-4 against Edwardsburg since December of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Mattawan Wildcats will head out on the road to face off against the Edwardsburg Eddies at 7:00 p.m. Mattawan will be strutting in after a win while Edwardsburg will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Thursday, Mattawan beat Portage Northern 46-36. Given Mattawan's advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 257th, while Portage Northern is ranked 532nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Delaney Elsmore continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 19 points along with six rebounds and five steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Mattawan's points. Another player making a difference was Zhia Martin, who scored 12 points along with two steals.
Meanwhile, Edwardsburg unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Thursday. They took a 41-28 hit to the loss column at the hands of Vicksburg. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest points Edwardsburg has scored all season.
The win made it two in a row for Mattawan and bumps their season record up to 10-9. As for Edwardsburg, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-6.
Mattawan came up short against Edwardsburg when the teams last played back in December of 2022, falling 43-32. Can Mattawan avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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