The Northside Eagles will challenge the Thomas County Central Yellow Jackets at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Northside's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while Thomas County Central has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Northside had been on a four-game streak of scoring at least 55 points, but Lee County put an end to it on Tuesday. Northside was outmatched by Lee County and fell 65-29. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 190th, while the Trojans are ranked 27th).
Meanwhile, Thomas County Central got the win against Coffee on Monday by a conclusive 67-47.
Thomas County Central is also on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.0 points per game. As for Northside, their loss dropped their record down to 12-11.
Northside skirted past Thomas County Central 64-61 when the teams last played back in January. Will Northside repeat their success, or does Thomas County Central have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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