North Pitt is 0-10 against Farmville Central since January of 2021 but things could change on Friday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Panthers duke it out with the Jaguars 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.
On Tuesday, North Pitt was able to grind out a solid victory over West Craven, taking the game 73-61.
Meanwhile, Farmville Central came tearing into Tuesday's match with 11 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.2 points) and they left with even more momentum. They breezed past the Rams to the tune of 93-65. Given the Jaguars' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 22nd, while the Rams are ranked 207th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
North Pitt is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 7-16 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.5 points over those games. As for Farmville Central, they pushed their record up to 19-4 with the win, which was their 28th straight at home dating back to last season.
North Pitt might still be hurting after the 87-61 defeat they got from Farmville Central when the teams last played back in January. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point North Pitt was down 45-25.
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