The Grand Ledge Comets will head out to face off against the St. Johns Redwings at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Grand Ledge is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Ionia 49-47.
Meanwhile, St. Johns had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.8 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Quakers with a sharp 65-41 victory. Given the Redwings' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 71st, while the Quakers are ranked 597th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Johns' win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-1. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.6 points per game. As for Grand Ledge, the victory was their first on the road , bumping their record up to 2-4.
Grand Ledge came up short against St. Johns in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, falling 46-39. Can Grand Ledge avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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