The Elgin/Pope John Wolfpack are taking a road trip to square off against the Bloomfield Bees at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Elgin/Pope John has four straight victories, Bloomfield has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Elgin/Pope John is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against North Central on Friday as Elgin/Pope John made off with a 72-49 win. With the Wolfpack ahead 43-22 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Meanwhile, Bloomfield lost to Walthill at home by a 59-43 margin on Thursday.
Elgin/Pope John will have to keep a close watch on Benjamin Dodge and Beau Eisenhauer, a pair of players who had a big impact on Bloomfield's prior game. Dodge posted 16 points, while Eisenhauer had 14 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Keldon Loecker, who put up five points.
Elgin/Pope John has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.2 points per game. As for Bloomfield, their loss dropped their record down to 2-7.
Elgin/Pope John didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Bloomfield in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, but they still walked away with a 51-45 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Elgin/Pope John since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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