Halifax County and Martinsville are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. Having just played yesterday, the Halifax County Comets will head out on the road to face off against the Martinsville Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
If Halifax County beats Martinsville with 58 points on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Halifax County came out on top in a nail-biter against Liberty on Monday, sneaking past 58-55. Given the Comets' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 125th, while the Minutemen are ranked 326th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Martinsville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They were four points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 68-64 heartbreaker at the hands of Bassett. That's two games in a row now that the Bulldogs have lost by exactly four points.
Martinsville's loss dropped their record down to 7-13. As for Halifax County, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 11-8.
Halifax County beat Martinsville 57-49 when the teams last played back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Halifax County since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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