The J.H. Rose Rampants will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Swansboro Pirates at 6:00 p.m. on March 1st. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only J.H. Rose walked away with it. They blew past the Hawks 74-50. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point J.H. Rose had established a 23 point advantage.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead J.H. Rose to victory, but perhaps none more so than Elijah Carroll, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 11 rebounds. Torry "TJ" Brown was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 16 points and ten rebounds.
Meanwhile, Swansboro entered their tilt with Union Pines with 24 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 25. Swansboro put the hurt on Union Pines with a sharp 99-77 victory on Tuesday. Swansboro has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 contests by 20 points or more this season.
J.H. Rose is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-10 record this season. As for Swansboro, they pushed their record up to 26-1 with that win, which was their 12th straight at home.
J.H. Rose couldn't quite finish off Swansboro in their previous matchup back in February of 2022 and fell 66-63. Can J.H. Rose avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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