Basketball Game Preview: Warren County Eagles vs. Southern Wake Academy Lions

The Warren County Eagles will take on the Southern Wake Academy Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Warren County is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They claimed a resounding 79-33 victory over North Edgecombe. That looming 79-33 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Eagles yet this season.

Meanwhile, Southern Wake Academy had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 54.4 points) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Tuesday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Wildcats 84-35. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 43-19.

Southern Wake Academy pushed their record up to 25-4 with the win, which was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 78.5 points over those games. As for Warren County, their victory bumped their record up to 16-10.