The Norcross Blue Devils will face off against the McEachern Indians on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Norcross is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They came out on top against North Forsyth by a score of 69-57. Given the Blue Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Raiders are ranked 198th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, McEachern came tearing into Wednesday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.8 points), and they left with even more momentum. They took down the Warriors 69-54. The Indians pushed the score to 54-31 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors cut but never quite recovered from.
McEachern's win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 24-4. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.0 points over those games. As for Norcross, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-8 record this season.
Norcross came up short against McEachern in their previous matchup back in January, falling 55-45. Can Norcross avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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