Basketball Recap: Saturday's Win Is Petersburg's Seventh in Last Eight Outings

Nylan Robinson

Rebounds

01/17/25 vs Colonial Heights	17
01/28/25 vs Meadowbrook	12
02/15/25 @ Thomas Jefferson	10
02/14/25 @ Colonial Heights	10
12/17/24 vs Dinwiddie	10
+ 15 more games

Petersburg won the last time they faced Thomas Jefferson, and Nylan Robinson did his part to make sure it happened again. The Petersburg Crimson Wave snuck past the Thomas Jefferson Vikings with a 73-68 victory on Saturday thanks to Robinson, who dropped a double-double with 24 points and ten rebounds. He has become a key player for Petersburg: the team is 5-1 when he posts at least eight boards, but 7-8 otherwise.

Petersburg is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 12-9 record this season. As for Thomas Jefferson, they dropped their record down to 7-12 with the loss, which was their third straight at home.

Petersburg wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 58-54 win against Dinwiddie on the 17th. As for Thomas Jefferson, they will be playing at home against Freeman at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Freeman has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.