The Forest Hills Rangers will head out on the road to square off against the Van Buren Vee Bees at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Forest Hills has seven straight victories, Van Buren has 13 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Forest Hills will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Cardozo, who they had gone 1-6 against in their seven prior meetings. Forest Hills came out on top against Cardozo by a score of 76-64 on Tuesday. Given the Rangers' advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 101st, while the Judges are ranked 247th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Van Buren was just a bucket shy of victory on Tuesday and fell 45-44 to Bowne.
Forest Hills pushed their record up to 12-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.8 points per game. As for Van Buren, their loss dropped their record down to 0-12.
Everything came up roses for Forest Hills against Van Buren when the teams last played back in December of 2024, as the squad secured an 87-60 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Forest Hills since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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