James Monroe is 2-8 against Eastern View since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The James Monroe Yellow Jackets will be playing in front of their home fans against the Eastern View Cyclones at 7:00 p.m. James Monroe knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past 23 matchups -- so hopefully Eastern View likes a good challenge.
Chancellor typically has all the answers at home, but on Monday James Monroe proved too difficult a challenge. They secured a 74-69 W over the Chargers. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead James Monroe to victory, but perhaps none more so than Makel Minor, who scored 25 points. Minor has been hot recently, having posted 19 or more points the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Edwards, who scored 16 points along with five rebounds and four steals.
Meanwhile, Eastern View entered their tilt with Courtland with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. In a tight match that could have gone either way, Eastern View made off with a 55-54 win over Courtland.
James Monroe is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. As for Eastern View, they pushed their record up to 15-7 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
James Monroe didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Eastern View when the teams last played back in January, but they still walked away with a 70-66 victory. Does James Monroe have another victory up their sleeve, or will Eastern View turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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