The Burlington City Blue Devils will face off against the Pitman Panthers on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Burlington City is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They slipped by Penns Grove 59-58.
Meanwhile, Pitman had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They came out on top against the Warriors by a score of 58-50. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 128th in New Jersey, while the Warriors are ranked 364th in New Jersey), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Burlington City's win bumped their record up to 9-10. As for Pitman, their victory bumped their record up to 14-4.
Burlington City might still be hurting after the 69-44 defeat they got from Pitman in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. Can Burlington City avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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