The Midland Park Panthers are taking a road trip to take on the Emerson Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Midland Park will head into Saturday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Friday (they won by 32) and on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Parsippany 53-50. While the Panthers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Emerson). They came out on top in a nail-biter against Bergen Charter on Saturday, sneaking past 72-70. The victory was familiar territory for the Cavaliers who have now won three matches in a row.
Emerson's win bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Midland Park, their victory bumped their record up to 4-1.
Midland Park lost to Emerson on the road by a decisive 65-51 margin in their previous meeting back in January. Can Midland Park avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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