Basketball Game Preview: Virginia Academy Patriots vs. New Hope Academy National Tigers

Two dominant guards in Rondel Jones Jr. and Haki Muhammed II are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Virginia Academy Patriots will be home for the holidays to greet the New Hope Academy National Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Virginia Academy's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last seven games.

Virginia Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Friendship Tech Prep Academy, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Virginia Academy was ranked 12th). Virginia Academy had to suffer through a 93-57 loss at the hands of Friendship Tech Prep Academy. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (55), the Patriots still had to take the loss.

Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when New Hope Academy National duked it out withShining Star Sports Academy on Saturday. New Hope Academy National came out on top against Shining Star Sports Academy by a score of 68-61.

The victory got New Hope Academy National back to even at 6-6. As for Virginia Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 8-6.