The Nandua Warriors will head out on the road to square off against the Northampton Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
Nandua waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with two straight wins but they left with three. They walked away with a 59-48 win over Poquoson.
Meanwhile, winning is just a little bit easier when you work as a team to rack up 12 more assists than your opponent, a fact Northampton proved on Thursday. They came out on top against Chincoteague by a score of 82-70. The win made it back-to-back wins for Northampton.
Ronyell Coston and Quayshawn Washington were among the main playmakers for Northampton as the former scored 32 points and the latter shot 4-for-7 from beyond the arc and dropped a triple-double on 25 points, 11 assists, and ten steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Washington has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Tywon Sebastian, who scored 11 points.
Nandua now has a winning record of 6-5. As for Northampton, they pushed their record up to 9-4 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Nandua came up short against Northampton in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, falling 65-54. Can Nandua avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
