Basketball Game Preview: Bay Rockets vs. Valley Forge Patriots
By Team Reports
Jan 7, 2025, 12:21am
Basketball Preview: Bay Rockets vs. Valley Forge Patriots

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01/31/24 - Away | 49-29 W |
01/30/23 - Home | 59-43 W |
02/09/22 - Home | 59-34 W |
01/29/20 - Away | 63-31 W |
12/18/19 - Home | 57-38 W |
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Bay is 10-0 against Valley Forge since January of 2017 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Bay Rockets will welcome the Valley Forge Patriots at 7:30 p.m. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Bay and 17 for Valley Forge dating back to last season.
Last Friday, Bay was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 52-51 to Westlake. While losing is never fun, the Rockets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 409th, while the Demons are ranked 193rd).
Meanwhile, Valley Forge scored the most points they've had this season on Monday, but it wasn't enough. They had to suffer through a 70-39 loss at the hands of Lorain. The Patriots were down 51-25 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Valley Forge's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Bay, they now have a losing record at 5-6.
Bay took their victory against Valley Forge when the teams last played back in January of 2024 by a conclusive 49-29. Will Bay repeat their success, or does Valley Forge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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