Preview: O'Neal Falcons vs. North Moore Mustangs
The O'Neal Falcons will be playing at home against the North Moore Mustangs at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. O'Neal is still on the hunt for that elusive first 'W'.
Last Friday, O'Neal had to suffer through a rough 81-21 loss at the hands of Westminster Catawba Christian. While losing is never fun, O'Neal can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps's basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 562nd in North Carolina, while Westminster Catawba Christian is ranked 99th in South Carolina).
Meanwhile, North Moore pushed their score all the way to 64 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 71-64 hit to the loss column at the hands of South Stanly. Despite running the score up even higher than they did on Thursday (61), North Moore still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, North Moore got a solid performance out of Colby Pennington, who scored 30 points along with 6 rebounds. Pennington scored a full 46.9% of North Moore's points, the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brady Preslar, who scored 14 points.
O'Neal has yet to win a match at home this season, leaving them with a 0-10 record. As for North Moore, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
O'Neal took their victory against North Moore when the teams last played back in December of 2021 by a conclusive 74-48. Does O'Neal have another victory up their sleeve, or will North Moore turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
