Basketball Game Preview: Stuarts Draft Cougars vs. Wilson Memorial Green Hornets

Stuarts Draft and Wilson Memorial are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Stuarts Draft Cougars will head out to take on the Wilson Memorial Green Hornets at 7:45 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Wilson Memorial will be up against a hot Stuarts Draft squad: the team just extended their winning streak to five. Stuarts Draft walked away with a 65-58 victory over Riverheads on Wednesday. That's two games straight that the Cougars have won by exactly seven points.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wilson Memorial). They put the hurt on Fort Defiance with a sharp 82-62 win on Tuesday. The Green Hornets have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six contests by 20 points or more this season.

Stuarts Draft is also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.5 points per game. As for Wilson Memorial, their victory was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-1.

Stuarts Draft came up short against Wilson Memorial when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 65-53. Can Stuarts Draft avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.