Northside and Coffee are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2017, but not for long. The Northside Eagles will venture away from home to take on the Coffee Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Northside is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Lee County just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 34-24 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Trojans. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 264th, while the Trojans are ranked 82nd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Coffee). They simply couldn't be stopped on Tuesday as they easily beat Clinch County 78-39. The Trojans have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 games by 33 points or more this season.
The win made it two in a row for Coffee and bumps their season record up to 13-1. As for Northside, their loss dropped their record down to 7-7.
Northside came up short against Coffee in their previous matchup back in February of 2020, falling 43-39. Can Northside avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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