On Friday, the Mona Shores Sailors earned a 53-41 win over the Caledonia Fighting Scots. Given the Sailors' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 134th, while the Fighting Scots are ranked 295th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Caledonia lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Ben Geerdes, who posted 12 points. Those 12 points gave Geerdes a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryce Drew Backus, who had eight points and eight boards.
Mona Shores has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 5-7 record this season. As for Caledonia, they dropped their record down to 4-9 with the loss, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Mona Shores will challenge Whitehall at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Whitehall knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past eight games -- so hopefully Mona Shores likes a good challenge. As for Caledonia, they will face off against Grand Haven at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.
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