The Petersburg Crimson Wave and the Armstrong Wildcats will compete for holiday cheer at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Petersburg is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell to Dinwiddie 70-66. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (61), the Crimson Wave still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Armstrong took a blow against James Monroe on Wednesday, falling 75-43. The game marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Petersburg dropped their record down to 2-3 with the defeat, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Armstrong, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-4.
Petersburg might still be hurting after the 60-38 loss they got from Armstrong when the teams last played back in February. Can Petersburg avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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