Basketball Game Preview: King & Queen Central Royal Tigers vs. Middlesex Chargers

King & Queen Central hasn't had much luck against Middlesex recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The King & Queen Central Royal Tigers will challenge the Middlesex Chargers at 7:45 p.m. King & Queen Central is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.2 points per game this season.

On Monday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, King & Queen Central beat Charles City 51-46.

Gerard Hill

Points

02/10/25 @ Charles City	30
02/06/25 @ Mathews	24
02/04/25 vs Carver College and Career Academy	41
02/03/25 vs Essex	24
01/31/25 @ Carver College and Career Academy	27
+ 4 more games

It was another big night for Gerard Hill, who posted 30 points along with seven boards and four blocks. The match was his ninth in a row with at least 22 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Teryn Mosley, who dropped a double-double with ten points and 14 rebounds.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Middlesex). They claimed a resounding 73-30 victory over Nandua. The Chargers have beaten the Warriors the last five times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Warriors has come to flipping the script.

Middlesex pushed their record up to 14-5 with the win, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.5 points over those games. As for King & Queen Central, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-10 record this season.

King & Queen Central lost to Middlesex on the road by a decisive 53-37 margin in their previous matchup back in December of 2024. Can King & Queen Central avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.