Basketball Game Preview: Northampton Yellowjackets vs. Arcadia Firebirds

The Northampton Yellowjackets will head out to challenge the Arcadia Firebirds at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Northampton has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with eight straight losses, while Arcadia will come in with five straight wins.

Last Friday, Northampton had to suffer through a 53-14 loss at the hands of King & Queen Central.

Meanwhile, Arcadia hadn't done well against Nandua recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Arcadia walked away with a 55-44 victory over Nandua. The Firebirds pushed the score to 49-26 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors cut but never quite recovered from.

Arcadia's win bumped their record up to 11-5. As for Northampton, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-11.

Northampton suffered a grim 56-31 defeat to Arcadia when the teams last played back in January. Can Northampton avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.