The J.H. Rose Rampants will take on the Jacksonville Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
J.H. Rose is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Northside - Pinetown on Monday. J.H. Rose was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 45-44 to Northside - Pinetown. While losing is never fun, the Rampants can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 335th, while the Panthers are ranked 164th).
Jacksonville has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They came up short against South Central on Tuesday, falling 82-56. The Cardinals were down 62-38 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Jacksonville's loss dropped their record down to 14-6. As for J.H. Rose, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-13.
J.H. Rose was taken down by Jacksonville 66-32 when the teams last played back in January of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Jacksonville's Kelize Velez-Galan, who posted 27 points along with seven boards and four steals. Now that J.H. Rose knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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