Basketball Game Preview: Charlotte Fightin' Tarpons vs. The Village School of Naples Knights

The Charlotte Fightin' Tarpons will square off against The Village School of Naples Knights at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

The Village School of Naples will be up against a hot Charlotte team: the squad just extended their winning streak to five. Charlotte put the hurt on Lemon Bay with a sharp 69-43 victory on Wednesday. The Fightin' Tarpons have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight games by 22 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask The Village School of Naples). They breezed by Naples Classical to the tune of 88-61 on Tuesday.

Charlotte has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.1 points per game. As for The Village School of Naples, their win ended a seven-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-13.