Midland and Dow are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Midland Chemics will head out on the road to face off against the Dow Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Midland is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 56 points on Friday, they were much more limited against Traverse City West on Tuesday. They were beaten by the Titans 71-29. While losing is never fun, the Chemics can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 519th, while the Titans are ranked 27th).
Meanwhile, Dow had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They walked away with a 59-50 victory over the Wolves.
Dow is also on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for Midland, their loss was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-8.
Midland came up short against Dow when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 53-45. Can Midland avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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