The New Manchester Jaguar will venture away from home to square off against the Villa Rica Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in New Manchester's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 19 contests.
New Manchester is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Rome to the tune of 89-61 on Tuesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Meanwhile, Villa Rica was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell 72-62 to South Paulding. 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 323rd, while the Spartans are ranked 106th).
New Manchester has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.8 points per game. As for Villa Rica, their loss dropped their record down to 7-16.
New Manchester strolled past Villa Rica in their previous meeting on January 7th by a score of 82-63. The rematch might be a little tougher for New Manchester since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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