Two dominant guards in Grant Burns and Zyire Murphy are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The R.J. Reynolds Demons will welcome the Glenn Bobcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. R.J. Reynolds knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six matchups -- so hopefully Glenn likes a good challenge.
R.J. Reynolds is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell to Carver 75-70. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (59), the Demons still had to take the loss.
Despite the defeat, R.J. Reynolds got top-tier performance from Burns, who went 8 of 19 en route to 24 points and eight rebounds. Another player making a difference was Andreas Kazakos, who went 5 of 8 on his way to 13 points and four steals.
Even though they lost, R.J. Reynolds smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive boards in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Glenn beat Cummings 50-43 on Saturday.
Glenn has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.0 points per game. As for R.J. Reynolds, their loss dropped their record down to 4-6.
R.J. Reynolds was able to grind out a solid victory over Glenn in their previous meeting back in February, winning 63-51. Does R.J. Reynolds have another victory up their sleeve, or will Glenn turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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