The Northgate Vikings just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Temple Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Northgate is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell just short of Morrow by a score of 82-80 on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (69), the Vikings still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Temple entered their tilt with Haralson County on Thursday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They blew past the Rebels 74-40. The Tigers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six contests by 20 points or more this season.
Temple pushed their record up to 14-3 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.0 points per game. As for Northgate, with the defeat, they broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 9-7.
Northgate beat Temple 74-62 in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northgate 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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