The Hickory Red Tornadoes basketball squad (Hickory, NC), was crushed 29-7 in Thursday's league battle with the host North Iredell Raiders (Olin, NC)

With the victory, North Iredell advances its record to 8-2 on the year. The Raiders travel to Statesville (Statesville, NC) to meet the Greyhounds in a battle on Tuesday, January 14. The Greyhounds enter the battle with a record of 1-2. Statesville won 24-11 in their recent non-league battle against Foard (Newton, NC)

The Red Tornadoes now own a 0-2 record. They put it on the line next when they host Foard for a non-league battle on Friday, January 17.