Basketball Game Preview: McNair Academic Cougars vs. South Plainfield Tigers

A feisty cat fight will be fought when the McNair Academic Cougars take on the South Plainfield Tigers at 1:00 p.m. on Friday... McNair Academic has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with four straight losses, while South Plainfield will come in with three straight wins.

McNair Academic came up short against Newark Collegiate Academy on Monday, falling 81-59.

Meanwhile, South Plainfield hadn't done well against Carteret recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. South Plainfield blew past Carteret, posting a 72-34 victory.

South Plainfield pushed their record up to 3-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for McNair Academic, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.