Basketball Game Preview: Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks vs. Warwick Wildcats

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Previous Games

02/06/23 - Home	65-62 W
01/18/23 - Away	57-53 W
01/21/22 - Home	70-57 W
01/13/22 - Away	65-33 W
02/20/20 - Away	77-39 W
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Newburgh Free Academy is 10-0 against Warwick since February of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks will welcome the Warwick Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. Newburgh Free Academy is coming into the game on a four-game losing streak.

Newburgh Free Academy came up into this matchup off a tough 28-point defeat on Monday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Monroe-Woodbury by a score of 48-46 on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Warwick unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Wednesday. They took a 59-51 hit to the loss column at the hands of Pine Bush. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Wildcats came into the match with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 165th, while the Bushmen are ranked 355th).

Warwick's loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 8-2. As for Newburgh Free Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.

Newburgh Free Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Warwick when the teams last played back in February of 2023, sneaking past 65-62. Will Newburgh Free Academy repeat their success, or does Warwick have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.