Basketball Game Preview: Smoky Mountain Mustangs vs. West Henderson Falcons

The Smoky Mountain Mustangs will face off against the West Henderson Falcons at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Smoky Mountain is coming into the contest on the come-up as their season has now been buoyed by two straight wins. They blew past North Henderson 56-25 on Friday. The Mustangs pushed the score to 51-15 by the end of the third, a deficit the Knights cut but never quite recovered from.

Meanwhile, West Henderson had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They strolled past the Eagles with points to spare, taking the game 55-38. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 178th, while the Eagles are ranked 379th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

West Henderson's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-8. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.0 points per game. As for Smoky Mountain, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 6-13 record this season.

Smoky Mountain came up short against West Henderson in their previous meeting on January 3rd, falling 53-46. Will Smoky Mountain have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.