Bear River is 0-10 against Colfax since February of 2019 but things could change on Friday. The Bear River Bruins will head out on the road to square off against the Colfax Falcons at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
On Wednesday, Bear River humbled Wheatland with a 64-25 victory. Given the Bruins' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 332nd, while the Pirates are ranked 1111th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Colfax). They took their game on Wednesday with ease, bagging an 82-14 victory over Oakmont. The win was familiar territory for the Falcons, who have now won 13 matchups in a row.
Colfax's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-6. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 24.8 points over those games. As for Bear River, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season.
Bear River was taken down by Colfax 70-38 in their previous meeting back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Colfax's Juliette James, who dropped a double-double with 13 points and 12 boards. Now that Bear River knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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