Basketball Preview: Hastings Yellow Jackets vs. Bronxville Broncos
The Hastings Yellow Jackets will head out on the road to challenge the Bronxville Broncos at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Hastings is coming into the contest hot, having won their last six games.
Last Tuesday, Hastings earned a 47-40 victory over the Lightning. Given Hastings' advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 231st, while the Lightning are ranked 471st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Bronxville pushed their score all the way to 55 on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell to Barack Obama School for Social Justice 59-55. Bronxville has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Hastings is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. As for Bronxville, their defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 5-11.
Hastings strolled past the Broncos when the teams last played back in January by a score of 52-34. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hastings since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
