Basketball Game Preview: Bartow Yellow Jackets vs. Norcross Blue Devils

The Bartow Yellow Jackets and the Norcross Blue Devils will round out the year against one another at at 8:00 p.m. on Friday.

Bartow is headed into Friday's match hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight losses. They took a blow against Buckhorn on Saturday, falling 75-46. While losing is never fun, the Yellow Jackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 101st in Florida, while the Bucks are ranked 16th in Alabama).

Meanwhile, Norcross didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Pinson Valley on Friday, but they still walked away with a 60-56 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Blue Devils.

Norcross has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. As for Bartow, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 9-3.