Basketball Game Preview: Mount Airy Granite Bears vs. Starmount Rams

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Previous Games

01/07/25 - Home	76-57 W
02/19/24 - Neutral	60-40 W
02/02/24 - Home	46-34 W
01/17/24 - Away	50-48 W
01/27/23 - Away	62-49 W
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Mount Airy is 9-1 against Starmount since January of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Mount Airy Granite Bears will head out to face off against the Starmount Rams at 7:45 p.m. One thing working in Mount Airy's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last six matches.

On Wednesday, Mount Airy lost to North Surry on the road by a 76-60 margin. While losing is never fun, the Granite Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 399th, while the Greyhounds are ranked 158th).

Meanwhile, Starmount ended up a good deal behind North Stokes on Tuesday and lost 69-50. The Rams haven't had much luck with the Vikings recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.

Starmount's loss dropped their record down to 2-17. As for Mount Airy, they dropped their record down to 7-10 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season.

Mount Airy strolled past Starmount when the teams last played on January 7th by a score of 76-57. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mount Airy since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.