Northside at Bentonville West — 4:30 p.m. Central Friday, Jan. 9

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Northside travels to Bentonville West on Friday, Jan. 9, for a nonleague junior varsity matchup at Bentonville West High School. Tip is 4:30 p.m. Central (listed as 2:30 p.m. PST on the schedule). The Grizzlies (0-0) will visit the Wolverines (0-0) in what figures to be an early-season test for both programs.

Quick game details

• Game: Northside Grizzlies at Bentonville West Wolverines (JV)

• Date/time: Friday, Jan. 9 — 4:30 p.m. Central

• Location: Bentonville West High School (home for the Wolverines)

• SBLive game page: https://scorebooklive.com/arkansas/girls-basketball/games/6035404-northside-vs-bentonville-west

• Northside team page: https://scorebooklive.com/arkansas/girls-basketball/teams/491087-northside-grizzlies-jv

• Bentonville West team page: https://scorebooklive.com/arkansas/girls-basketball/teams/206659-bentonville-west-wolverines-jv

Notes and context

There is no head-to-head history listed for this meeting on the SBLive page, so Friday offers a clean slate for both rosters. Bentonville West is scheduled to host Rogers next Tuesday (Jan. 13); Northside’s next listed game is Feb. 2 at Springdale. Both programs appear to be starting fresh at 0-0 on the schedule provided.

Streaming and tickets

• Bentonville West provides an NFHS Network page for broadcasts: https://nfhsnetwork.com/schools/bentonville-west-high-school-centerton-ar/basketball?referrer_name=scorebooklive&utm_campaign=scorebooklive&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=scorebooklive

Fan engagement — follow and make picks

Bentonville West currently shows 4 fans on SBLive and Northside has 3. Picks are 0-0 for both teams on the game page. These totals can change — follow the teams on SBLive to increase their fan count and make a pick for the team you want to see win. Picks are for fan engagement only and are not tied to any win_probability projections. Numbers on SBLive may change leading up to tipoff.

Want updates? Visit the game page above for lineups, live scoring and final results, and follow both teams on SBLive to stay in the loop.