Grandville hasn't had much luck against Rockford recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Grandville Bulldogs will square off against the Rockford Rams at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Grandville is headed into the match having just suffered their closest loss since January 10th on Tuesday. They fell just short of Grand Haven by a score of 50-48. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 147th, while the Buccaneers are ranked 18th).
Meanwhile, Rockford was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Tuesday as they fell 75-69 to Hudsonville.
This is the second loss in a row for Grandville and nudges their season record down to 8-12. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the defeats came by an average of only 1.5 points. As for Rockford, their loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 7-1 and their overall record down to 18-2.
Things could have been worse for Grandville, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 60-42 loss to Rockford in their previous meeting back in January. Can Grandville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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