The Rockford Rockets will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the Hawley Nuggets at 2:45 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Rockford has five straight wins, Hawley has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Friday, Rockford didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Zimmerman, but they still walked away with a 60-54 victory. The 60-point effort marked the Rockets' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Hawley came up short against Frazee on Saturday and fell 71-60. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (57), the Nuggets still had to take the loss.
Hawley's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Rockford, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Rockford came up short against Hawley in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, falling 38-34. Can Rockford avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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