Basketball Game Preview: Roanoke Rapids Yellowjackets vs. Nash Central Bulldogs

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Previous Games

02/19/24 - Home	63-54 W
02/16/24 - Home	61-34 W
01/23/24 - Away	59-63 L
02/10/23 - Away	62-50 W
01/17/23 - Home	53-38 W
+ 2 more games

Roanoke Rapids is 6-1 against Nash Central since January of 2022 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. Both will face off at 7:30 p.m. without much rest having both just played. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Roanoke Rapids has three straight wins, Nash Central has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

If Roanoke Rapids beats Nash Central with 57 points on Wednesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Roanoke Rapids came out on top against Southern Nash by a score of 57-46 on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 67-29, which was the final score in Nash Central's tilt against Franklinton on Tuesday.

Roanoke Rapids' victory bumped their record up to 9-5. As for Nash Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-13.

Roanoke Rapids was able to grind out a solid win over Nash Central when the teams last played back in February of 2024, winning 63-54. Will Roanoke Rapids repeat their success, or does Nash Central have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.