North Carolina High School Basketball - Asheville thwarts Tuscola
February 1, 2019: Asheville, NC 28801 The Asheville Cougars (Asheville, NC) basketball knocked off the visiting Tuscola Mountaineers (Waynesville, NC), 57-45 in Friday's league test.
The Cougars (16-5) will now prepare for their test against A.C. Reynolds (Asheville, NC). The Rockets go into the Western Mountain 3A test with a 6-13 record. In their last test, A.C. Reynolds went down by Mountain Heritage (Burnsville, NC), 68-35, in a non-league test.
The Mountaineers now own a 13-6 record. They play next when they travel to North Buncombe for a Western Mountain 3A test on Tuesday, February 5. Tuscola will encounter a Black Hawks squad coming off a 52-40 league win over North Henderson (Hendersonville, NC). The Black Hawks record now stands at 9-11.