Two dominant guards in Deasia Stinson and Jordan Brooks are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Northgate Vikings will head out on the road to challenge the Union Grove Wolverines at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Northgate will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Georgia Rankings (they are ranked 189th, while Union Grove is ranked seventh).
Northgate pushed their score all the way to 55 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 56-55 to McIntosh. Northgate has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the loss, Northgate had strong showings from Stinson, who scored 20 points along with five rebounds and five steals, and Randria Wilcher, who scored 18 points. Stinson hasn't dropped below four steals for seven straight games.
Meanwhile, Union Grove had already won 14 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23.2 points), and they went ahead and made it 15 last Friday. They managed a 40-36 victory over Jones County.
Brooks was her usual excellent self, scoring 13 points along with six steals and five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Lauren Pean, who scored five points.
Northgate has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 16-10 record this season. As for Union Grove, their victory bumped their record up to 26-1.
Northgate might still be hurting after the 67-41 loss they got from Union Grove when the teams last played back in January of 2016. Can Northgate avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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