The Newark Central Blue Devils will square off against the Voorhees Vikings on Thursday.
Two weeks ago, Newark Central was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 34-33 to Weequahic.
Meanwhile, Voorhees strolled past Bridgewater-Raritan with points to spare on Monday, taking the game 49-33. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while the Panthers are ranked 250th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Voorhees is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season. Newark Central's loss dropped their record down to 9-8.
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