Preview: Nitro Wildcats vs. St. Albans Red Dragons
Nitro has been on the road for three straight, but on Monday they'll finally head home. They will take on the St. Albans Red Dragons at 2:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Nitro focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 17 on Friday.
Last Friday, everything went Nitro's way against Sissonville as Nitro made off with a 58-37 win. The win was just what Nitro needed coming off of a 69-46 loss in their prior game.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Nitro to victory, but perhaps none more so than Natalie Smith, who scored 16 points along with 4 steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Karson Jones, who scored 12 points along with 5 rebounds.
Meanwhile, St. Albans unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Saturday. They took a serious blow against Archbishop Carroll, falling 69-35.
Nitro now has a winning record of 2-1. As for St. Albans, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-1.
Nitro was able to grind out a solid win over St. Albans in their previous matchup back in February, winning 48-41. Will Nitro repeat their success, or does St. Albans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
