Basketball Game Preview: Hampton Crabbers vs. Heritage Pride

The Hampton Crabbers will head out on the road to challenge the Heritage Pride at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Hampton is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They came out on top against Henrico by a score of 64-51.

Meanwhile, Heritage entered their tilt with Charlottesville on Tuesday with 15 consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with 16. They took their match with ease, bagging a 72-37 victory over the Black Knights. The Pride pushed the score to 60-32 by the end of the third, a deficit the Black Knights had little chance of recovering from.

Heritage's win was their 11th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-3. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.9 points over those games. As for Hampton, their victory bumped their record up to 21-4.