Forest Park and Freedom are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2020, but not for long. The Forest Park Bruins will venture away from home to face off against the Freedom Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with nine losses in a row, Forest Park turned things around against Gar-Field on Friday. They walked away with a 46-34 win over the Red Wolves.
Meanwhile, Freedom waltzed into their game on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They really took it to the Vikings for the full four quarters, racking up a 63-27 victory. The Eagles pushed the score to 53-20 by the end of the third, a deficit the Vikings had no chance of recovering from.
Freedom's win came from a few key players Forest Park will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Keilani Johnson, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten steals. Johnson is crushing it when it comes to steals: she's grabbed at least two every time she's taken the court this season. Another player making a difference was Keilana Johnson, who went 8 for 12 en route to 18 points in addition to six boards and six steals.
Freedom smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in five consecutive contests.
Freedom's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-6. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.0 points per game. As for Forest Park, their victory ended a seven-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-14.
Forest Park was taken down by Freedom 63-8 when the teams last played back in December of 2024. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Forest Park was down 39-2.
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