Mt. Edgecumbe is 1-9 against Ketchikan since February of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Mt. Edgecumbe Braves just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Ketchikan Kings at 7:00 p.m. Mt. Edgecumbe knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 18 contests -- so hopefully Ketchikan likes a good challenge.
Mt. Edgecumbe is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Metlakatla, who was ranked 11th at the time (Mt. Edgecumbe was ranked eighth). Mt. Edgecumbe enjoyed a cozy 68-51 victory over Metlakatla on Thursday. The win continues a trend for the Braves in their matchups with the Chiefs: they've now won four in a row.
Meanwhile, Ketchikan entered their tilt with North Pole on Thursday with two consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with three. They walked away with a 58-49 victory over the Patriots. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last five times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Ketchikan pushed their record up to 15-7 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.9 points over those games. As for Mt. Edgecumbe, their victory bumped their record up to 17-4.
Mt. Edgecumbe didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Ketchikan in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, but they still walked away with a 69-64 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Ketchikan's Marcus Stockhausen, who almost dropped a double-double with 24 points and nine rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Mt. Edgecumbe still be able to contain Stockhausen? There's only one way to find out.
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