The Northside - Jacksonville Monarchs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Jacksonville Cardinals at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Northside - Jacksonville scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Tuesday. They walked away with a 76-69 win over Havelock. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Xavier Ritter and Talan Evans were among the main playmakers for Northside - Jacksonville as the former scored 23 points along with five steals and the latter scored 15 points along with eight rebounds and seven assists. Ritter is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last 13 games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Durice Adamson, who scored ten points along with three blocks.
Meanwhile, Jacksonville waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with three straight wins but they left with four. They skirted past South Central 52-49.
Northside - Jacksonville has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-18 record this season. As for Jacksonville, their victory bumped their record up to 15-8.
Northside - Jacksonville took a serious blow against Jacksonville in their previous matchup back in January, falling 77-50. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Jacksonville's Tafari Martin, who scored 20 points along with four steals. Now that Northside - Jacksonville knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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