The Bonney Lake Panthers and the Rogers Rams will face off at 7:00 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Bonney Lake is coming into the match on a five-game losing streak.
On Thursday, Bonney Lake lost to Puyallup at home by a 62-43 margin. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 219th, while the Vikings are ranked 20th).
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Rogers' good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They took a 79-60 bruising from Olympia.
Bonney Lake will need focus on slowing down Ryan Avary, one of several Rogers players who made an impact when they last played. He went 5 of 8 en route to 13 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dylan Gilderhus, who posted 15 points.
Bonney Lake's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-7. As for Rogers, their loss dropped their record down to 6-5.
Bonney Lake might still be hurting after the 66-43 defeat they got from Rogers when the teams last played back in December of 2014. Can Bonney Lake avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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