The Arcadia Firebirds and the Crisfield Crabbers will round out the year against one another at at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday. Arcadia is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 64.5 points per game this season.
Arcadia is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Southampton just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Wednesday. They took an 80-73 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Indians. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (63), the Firebirds still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Arcadia got top-tier performance from Ryhiem Pettit, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 13 boards. Pettit is becoming a predictor of Arcadia's success: when he posts at least ten boards the team is 2-1 (and 1-2 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Zach Giddens, who posted 11 points and five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Crisfield was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat dating back to last season. They might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting Mardela an easy 71-49 victory.
Arcadia's loss dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Crisfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Arcadia was taken down by Crisfield 71-41 when the teams last played back in December of 2016. Thankfully for Arcadia, Justin Cohen (who went 14 of 20 on his way to 33 points in addition to six rebounds and five steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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