Basketball Game Preview: Seventy-First Falcons vs. J.H. Rose Rampants

The Seventy-First Falcons will square off against the J.H. Rose Rampants at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Seventy-First sitting on 14 straight victories and J.H. Rose on ten.

Seventy-First is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They breezed past Westover to the tune of 85-44. The Falcons have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 15 games by 20 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, J.H. Rose didn't have too much trouble with Croatan on Friday as they won 86-71. Given the Rampants' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Cougars are ranked 158th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

J.H. Rose's win was their 14th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-4. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.9 points over those games. As for Seventy-First, their victory bumped their record up to 22-3.