Basketball Game Preview: Knightdale Knights vs. Rolesville Rams

Knightdale and Rolesville are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2020, but not for long. The Knightdale Knights will be playing at home against the Rolesville Rams at 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Knightdale is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55 points per game this season.

Knightdale is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Heritage just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 55-49 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Huskies.

Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Jamari Williams, who went 7 for 17 en route to 17 points. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in points. Isaiah Green was another key player, putting up 12 points and five steals.

Meanwhile, Rolesville didn't have quite enough to beat Grace Christian on Monday and fell 72-70. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (61), the Rams still had to take the loss.

Rolesville has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-9 record this season. As for Knightdale, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-6.

Knightdale was able to grind out a solid victory over Rolesville in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, winning 49-40. Does Knightdale have another victory up their sleeve, or will Rolesville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.