Northwestern is 1-9 against Wise since January of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Northwestern Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Wise Pumas at 6:00 p.m. Northwestern will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Maryland Rankings (they are ranked 249th, while Wise is ranked 42nd).
On Tuesday, Northwestern suffered a tough 65-39 defeat at the hands of Bowie. Northwestern has not had much luck with Bowie recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Meanwhile, Wise entered their tilt with Laurel with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. Wise sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 58-55 victory over Laurel on Tuesday. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Wise can attribute much of their success to Jayson Frost, who scored 16 points along with two steals, and Cayden Hargrove, who scored 15 points along with six rebounds and two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Marcus Rustin, who scored nine points along with two steals and two blocks.
Northwestern's defeat dropped their record down to 5-14. As for Wise, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season.
Northwestern was taken down by Wise 77-42 when the teams last played back in January. Will Northwestern have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other basketball content.
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