Woodland hasn't had much luck against Machias recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Woodland Dragons will face off against the Machias Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, Woodland came up short against Mattanawcook and fell 71-60. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maine basketball rankings (they are ranked 104th, while the Lynx are ranked fifth).
Meanwhile, Machias had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Monday. They breezed by the Tigers to the tune of 75-21. The Bulldogs have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten matches by 26 points or more this season.
Machias is also on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.6 points per game. As for Woodland, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-10.
Woodland was taken down by Machias 90-46 in their previous meeting on January 8th. Can Woodland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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