Basketball Game Preview: Norfolk Collegiate Mighty Oaks vs. Veritas Collegiate Academy Spartans

The Norfolk Collegiate Mighty Oaks will square off against the Veritas Collegiate Academy Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.

Norfolk Collegiate is headed into Monday's match hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They took a 59-49 hit to the loss column at the hands of Steward on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Mighty Oaks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 117th, while the Spartans are ranked 33rd).

Meanwhile, Veritas Collegiate Academy had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They came out on top against the Marlins by a score of 70-58.

Veritas Collegiate Academy's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-7. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 86.1 points over those games. As for Norfolk Collegiate, their loss dropped their record down to 13-7.

Norfolk Collegiate came up short against Veritas Collegiate Academy in their previous meeting back in January, falling 80-70. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Veritas Collegiate Academy's Marcqell Freeman, who went 11 for 18 to rack up 32 points along with seven assists and seven boards. Now that Norfolk Collegiate knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.