The Porter Ridge Pirates and the Forest Hills Yellow Jackets will face off at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Porter Ridge is coming into the game on a four-game losing streak.
On Friday, Porter Ridge was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 57-51 to Providence.
Meanwhile, Forest Hills lost to Ardrey Kell on the road by a 69-50 margin on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Yellow Jackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 399th, while the Knights are ranked 72nd).
Porter Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 2-10. As for Forest Hills, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-6.
Porter Ridge skirted past Forest Hills 62-60 in their previous meeting on December 10th. Does Porter Ridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Forest Hills turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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