Northgate is 1-6 against Newnan since January of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Northgate Vikings will venture away from home to square off against the Newnan Cougars at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Northgate can't be too worried about heading out to take on Newnan: they just beat Temple at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Northgate came out on top against Temple by a score of 64-56 on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Newnan made easy work of Creekside on Saturday and carried off a 70-45 win. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 115th, while the Seminoles are ranked 445th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Newnan pushed their record up to 14-4 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.9 points per game. As for Northgate, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 10-7 record this season.
Northgate came up short against Newnan when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 55-51. Can Northgate avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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