The NC GBB Academy National Eagles will take on the Roosevelt Roughriders at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. NC GBB Academy National knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past five matches -- so hopefully Roosevelt likes a good challenge.
NC GBB Academy National is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Winston Salem Christian just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell to the Lions 71-65. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 220th, while the Lions are ranked 57th).
Meanwhile, Roosevelt waltzed into their game on Saturday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 55-52 win over the Cardinals. The 55-point effort marked the Roughriders' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Roosevelt is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for NC GBB Academy National, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-5.
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