Basketball Game Preview: Watersprings vs. Rockland Bulldogs

By Team Reports Feb 20, 2024, 2:57am

Preview: Watersprings vs. Rockland Bulldogs

Watersprings is 2-8 against Rockland since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. Watersprings will head out on the road to face off against the Rockland Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Watersprings came tearing into Tuesday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 37.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on North Gem with a sharp 62-40 victory.

Meanwhile, Rockland came tearing into Wednesday's matchup with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 36.1 points) and they left with even more momentum. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Leadore 82-31 at home. Rockland pushed the score to 64-25 by the end of the third, a deficit Leadore had no chance of recovering from.

Watersprings is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Rockland, they pushed their record up to 18-4 with that win, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season.

Watersprings came up short against Rockland in their previous matchup back in January, falling 53-40. Can Watersprings avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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