The Sonoraville Phoenix will head out on the road to challenge the Rockmart Yellowjackets at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Sonoraville is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Tuesday. They were six points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 67-61 heartbreaker at the hands of North Cobb Christian. While losing is never fun, the Phoenix can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 365th, while the Eagles are ranked 32nd).
Meanwhile, Rockmart was just a bucket shy of victory on Tuesday and fell 64-63 to North Murray. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (57), the Yellowjackets still had to take the loss.
Sonoraville's defeat dropped their record down to 8-14. As for Rockmart, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-18.
Sonoraville beat Rockmart 60-51 when the teams last played on January 3rd. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sonoraville 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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