Basketball Game Preview: Voyager Vikings vs. Eno River Bobcats

By Team Reports Feb 14, 2024, 3:50am

Preview: Voyager Vikings vs. Eno River Bobcats

Voyager is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Eno River is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Voyager Vikings will take on the Eno River Bobcats at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Voyager's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 13 games.

Voyager stacked a 12th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. Everything went their way against Henderson Collegiate as Voyager made off with a 82-60 victory. Given Voyager's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 251st, while Henderson Collegiate is ranked 535th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Dwight Anderson was his usual excellent self, almost dropping a double-double on 19 points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of David McMillon, who scored ten points along with six assists.

Meanwhile, Eno River had to suffer through a rough 80-41 loss at the hands of Vance Charter. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Eno River in their matchups with Vance Charter: they've now lost seven in a row.

Voyager is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season. As for Eno River, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-15.

Everything came up roses for Voyager against Eno River in their previous matchup back in January as the squad secured a 67-38 victory. In that contest, Voyager amassed a halftime lead of 39-10, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps