The Norcross Blue Devils and the Pace Academy Knights will face off at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest, having both just played. Norcross has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight losses, while Pace Academy will come in with six straight victories.
Norcross is headed into the contest having just suffered their biggest defeat since November 8, 2025 on Friday. They lost 70-45 to Meadowcreek. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 151st, while the Mustangs are ranked 33rd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pace Academy). They took their matchup on Friday with ease, bagging an 82-49 win over M.L. King.
Pace Academy's victory bumped their record up to 11-7. As for Norcross, their loss dropped their record down to 7-12.
Norcross strolled past Pace Academy when the teams last played back in November of 2021 by a score of 75-57. Will the Blue Devils repeat their success, or do the Knights have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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