Preview: North Lincoln Knights vs. East Lincoln Mustangs
North Lincoln is 0-10 against East Lincoln since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The North Lincoln Knights will head out on the road to challenge the East Lincoln Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
North Lincoln has not done well against St. Stephens recently (they were 0-7 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. North Lincoln came out on top against St. Stephens by a score of 49-37. The victory was just what North Lincoln needed coming off of a 78-46 defeat in their prior match.
North Lincoln found their leader in underclassman Ally Smith, who scored 14 points along with seven rebounds and five assists. Smith has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times she's played. Addison Grice was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with five rebounds.
Meanwhile, East Lincoln came tearing into Monday's matchup with 17 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 33.6 points) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past West Iredell 74-17 at home. East Lincoln has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 18 matchups by 20 points or more this season.
East Lincoln's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Emma Montanari, who scored 15 points along with six steals and five assists, and Kiara Anderson, who scored 25 points along with five rebounds and three steals. Montanari is crushing the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season. Another player making a difference was Nevaeh Atkins, who scored 14 points along with four steals.
North Lincoln is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-9 record this season. As for East Lincoln, they pushed their record up to 24-1 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home.
North Lincoln was taken down by East Lincoln 78-46 when the teams last played on Friday. Can North Lincoln avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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