Basketball Game Preview: North Wilkes Vikings vs. East Burke Cavaliers

The North Wilkes Vikings will take on the East Burke Cavaliers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. North Wilkes is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last 22 games.

North Wilkes is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past T.W. Andrews 58-55. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked seventh, while the Red Raiders are ranked 48th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter and that's exactly how it played out for East Burke on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Forest Hills out of the water with a 78-45 final score. The Cavaliers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 18 contests by 21 points or more this season.

North Wilkes pushed their record up to 29-1 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 28.5 points. As for East Burke, the win (which was their 19th in a row) raised their record to 30-1.