Rome is 2-7 against Villa Rica since January of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Rome Wolves will be playing in front of their home fans against the Villa Rica Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Friday, Rome was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 58-53 to South Paulding. The Wolves have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Villa Rica was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They lost 81-55 to New Manchester. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 326th, while the Jaguar are ranked 48th).
Villa Rica's defeat dropped their record down to 7-17. As for Rome, their loss dropped their record down to 15-7.
Rome was able to grind out a solid win over Villa Rica in their previous meeting two weeks ago, winning 75-65. Will Rome repeat their success, or does Villa Rica have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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