Denbigh is 2-8 against Heritage since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Denbigh Patriots will challenge the Heritage Hurricanes at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Heritage will be up against a hot Denbigh team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. Denbigh enjoyed a cozy 59-44 win over Phoebus on Thursday. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 84th, while the Phantoms are ranked 221st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Heritage escaped with a win on Monday against Petersburg by the margin of a single free throw, 65-64. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hurricanes.
Heritage is also on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 7-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.0 points per game. As for Denbigh, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-4.
Denbigh didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Heritage when the teams last played back in December of 2024, but they still walked away with a 64-60 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Denbigh 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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