The Stillwater Ponies will head out on the road to square off against the Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders at 2:00 p.m. 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.
Stillwater is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They came out on top against St. Paul Central by a score of 78-65. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Ponies.
Meanwhile, Cretin-Derham Hall entered their tilt with Forest Lake last Thursday with three consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with four. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Rangers 89-52. The Raiders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven matchups by 25 points or more this season.
Cretin-Derham Hall's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 84.7 points over those games. As for Stillwater, their win bumped their record up to 17-8.
Stillwater couldn't quite finish off Cretin-Derham Hall when the teams last played back in January and fell 81-78. Can Stillwater avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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