Preview: Wakefield Wolverines vs. Rolesville Rams
Wakefield is 2-8 against Rolesville since January of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Wakefield Wolverines are on the road again and plays the Rolesville Rams at 5:00 p.m. on February 23rd. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Wednesday, everything went Wakefield's way against Knightdale as Wakefield made off with a 67-44 win. Given Wakefield's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while Knightdale is ranked 235th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Wakefield found their leader in underclassman Nicole Amend, who scored 26 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Amend has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Maddison Mcintyre, who scored 14 points.
Meanwhile, Rolesville had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 33.7 points), and they went ahead and made it 11 on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 65-45 margin over Wake Forest.
Wakefield is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. As for Rolesville, they pushed their record up to 21-4 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
Wakefield came up short against Rolesville when the teams last played on February 2nd, falling 64-52. Can Wakefield avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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