After both having extra time off, the Brooke Point Black Hawks and the Riverbend Bears will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Brooke Point's tournament run continued when they took on Hylton back in December of 2024. Brooke Point blew past Hylton 81-52. Given the Black Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 141st, while the Bulldogs are ranked 382nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Riverbend waltzed into their game back in December of 2024 with five straight wins... but they left with six. They came out on top against the Indians by a score of 68-56. While the Bears didn't have the best season last year (they finished 6-14), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Riverbend's win came from a few key players Brooke Point will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Hubert King III (Tr?), who went 9 of 14 on his way to 26 points and seven rebounds. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 16 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Donovan Tate, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 12 rebounds.
Riverbend smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive boards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Stafford only pulled down three offensive rebounds.
Brooke Point is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.9 points per game. As for Riverbend, their victory bumped their record up to 8-1.
Everything went Brooke Point's way against Riverbend in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, as Brooke Point made off with a 68-46 win. Does Brooke Point have another victory up their sleeve, or will Riverbend turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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