Basketball Game Preview: Union Farmers vs. Middletown South Eagles
By Team Reports
Feb 10, 2024, 1:19pm
Preview: Union Farmers vs. Middletown South Eagles
The Union Farmers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Middletown South Eagles at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the pair posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Union has not had quite the year their fans were hoping for to this point, but back-to-back wins may be a sign of good things to come. They walked away with a 58-50 victory over Oratory Prep on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Middletown South had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They came out on top against Long Branch by a score of 65-54. Given Middletown South's advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 157th, while Long Branch is ranked 351st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Union's victory bumped their record up to 7-14. As for Middletown South, their victory bumped their record up to 10-11.