Basketball Game Preview: Gate City Blue Devils vs. John Battle Trojans

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Previous Games

01/26/24 - Away	52-40 W
01/02/24 - Home	64-47 W
02/13/23 - Neutral	53-52 W
02/03/23 - Home	55-48 W
01/10/23 - Away	54-40 W
+ 5 more games

Gate City is 10-0 against John Battle since January of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Gate City Blue Devils will face off against the John Battle Trojans at 8:00 p.m. Gate City has insisted on making their lastthree contests complete nail-biters, turning in a record of 2-1 during that stretch of close contests.

Gate City is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell just short of David Crockett by a score of 78-76 last Monday.

Meanwhile, John Battle came up short against Ashe County on Saturday and fell 58-51. That's two games in a row now that the Trojans have lost by exactly seven points.

This is the second loss in a row for John Battle and nudges their season record down to 2-6. As for Gate City, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.

Gate City was able to grind out a solid victory over John Battle when the teams last played back in January, winning 52-40. Does Gate City have another victory up their sleeve, or will John Battle turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.