The Mercer Island Islanders will challenge the Redmond Mustangs at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Redmond will be up against a hot Mercer Island team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Mercer Island breezed by Cedarcrest to the tune of 63-36 on Friday. With the Islanders ahead 38-14 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Redmond, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Bothell on Friday as Redmond made off with an 84-61 victory. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 36th, while the Cougars are ranked 173rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Redmond pushed their record up to 14-5 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.0 points per game. As for Mercer Island, their victory bumped their record up to 11-9.
Mercer Island came up short against Redmond in their previous meeting back in January, falling 60-53. Will Mercer Island have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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