Basketball Game Preview: Southern Alamance Patriots vs. Overhills Jaguars

The Southern Alamance Patriots will take on the Overhills Jaguars in a tournament on Thursday. Southern Alamance will come in still looking for their first win of the season.

Southern Alamance came up into this matchup off a tough 40-point loss on Tuesday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Williams by a score of 52-49 on Friday.

Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Overhills over Western Harnett in every quarter on their way to victory last Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Overhills blew Western Harnett out of the water with a 68-15 final score. The Jaguars have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five games by 23 points or more this season.

Southern Alamance better keep an eye on Cj Roland. He was instrumental in Overhills' win, dropping a double-double on 16 points and ten assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Ja?Von Motta, who went 7 of 15 en route to 17 points and five rebounds.

Overhills smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 14 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive boards in seven consecutive matchups.

Overhills pushed their record up to 6-2 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.7 points per game. As for Southern Alamance, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.