Basketball Game Preview: Grosse Pointe North Norsemen vs. Grosse Pointe South Blue Devils

By Team Reports Jan 13, 2025, 12:29am

Basketball Preview: Grosse Pointe North Norsemen vs. Grosse Pointe South Blue Devils

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Previous Games

02/15/24 - Home43-31 W
01/23/24 - Away50-46 W
01/05/24 - Home49-36 W
03/01/23 - Home48-23 W
01/27/23 - Away53-24 W
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Grosse Pointe North is 9-1 against Grosse Pointe South since February of 2021 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. It'll be Northside v. Southside when the Grosse Pointe North Norsemen and the Grosse Pointe South Blue Devils meet at 7:00 p.m. Grosse Pointe North will be strutting in after a win while Grosse Pointe South will be coming in after a loss.

Grosse Pointe North is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came out on top against Romeo by a score of 49-41 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Norsemen.

Meanwhile, Grosse Pointe South was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They were five points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 48-43 heartbreaker at the hands of Anchor Bay. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 354th, while the Tars are ranked 105th).

Grosse Pointe North's victory bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Grosse Pointe South, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.

Grosse Pointe North beat Grosse Pointe South 43-31 when the teams last played back in February of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for Grosse Pointe North since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps