The Forest Hills Yellow Jackets are taking a road trip to challenge the Monroe Redhawks at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Monroe will be up against a hot Forest Hills squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Forest Hills claimed a resounding 55-14 win over Anson. Given the Yellow Jackets' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the Bearcats are ranked 514th), the result on Tuesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Monroe ended up a good deal behind Union Academy on Wednesday and lost 77-61.
Monroe's defeat dropped their record down to 13-5. As for Forest Hills, their victory bumped their record up to 20-3.
Forest Hills was able to grind out a solid win over Monroe when the teams last played back in January, winning 66-58. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Monroe's Janiyah Boyd, who dropped a double-double with 30 points and ten boards. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Forest Hills still be able to contain Boyd? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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