Basketball Game Preview: Seventy-First Falcons vs. Western Alamance Warriors

The Seventy-First Falcons will face off against the Western Alamance Warriors on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Seventy-First is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Croatan, posting a 58-30 victory. The Falcons have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 matchups by 20 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, Western Alamance had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 50.2 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. They strolled past the Jaguars with points to spare, taking the game 56-41. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 30th, while the Jaguars are ranked 127th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Seventy-First is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.2 points over those games. Western Alamance's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 24-4.