Harlem hasn't had much luck against Westside recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Harlem Bulldogs will be defending their home-court for the first time this season they go up against the Westside Patriots at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Harlem focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up five on Saturday.
Harlem is headed into Tuesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Saturday. They took a 54-41 hit to the loss column at the hands of Evans.
Despite the defeat, Harlem got top-tier performance from Jayden Futrell, who went 8 for 13 en route to 20 points plus six rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Liam Thompson, who scored two points in addition to 12 rebounds.
Even though they lost, Harlem smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive rebounds in five consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Westside also suffered a loss in their last game, but this one to Augusta Christian by a score of 95-86. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (79), the Patriots still had to take the loss.
Harlem's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Westside, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
Harlem couldn't quite finish off Westside when the teams last played back in January of 2020 and fell 53-50. Can Harlem avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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