Northern Nash is 9-1 against D.H. Conley since November of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Northern Nash Knights will be playing at home against the D.H. Conley Vikings at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Northern Nash has four straight victories, D.H. Conley has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Even though Rocky Mount scored an imposing 68 points on Tuesday, Northern Nash still came out on top. Northern Nash took their game against Rocky Mount 78-68. Given Northern Nash's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 167th, while Rocky Mount is ranked 467th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Izeal Mallory II continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 30 points along with seven rebounds and five steals. His trending in the right direction, as he's improved his point production for three games straight. The team also got some help courtesy of CJ Rosser, who shot 4-for-7 from downtown and dropped a double-double on 22 points and 12 rebounds.
Meanwhile, D.H. Conley's game on Tuesday was all tied up 22-22 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell 45-38 to South Central.
Northern Nash is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-7 record this season. As for D.H. Conley, they dropped their record down to 4-10 with that loss, which was their fourth straight at home.
Northern Nash strolled past D.H. Conley when the teams last played back in December of 2023 by a score of 68-52. Does Northern Nash have another victory up their sleeve, or will D.H. Conley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
