Preview: Kings Mountain Mountaineers vs. Crest Chargers
Kings Mountain is 1-9 against Crest since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Kings Mountain Mountaineers will head out on the road to take on the Crest Chargers at 7:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Kings Mountain sitting on seven straight victories and Crest on four.
Even though South Point scored an imposing 62 points on Tuesday, Kings Mountain still came out on top. Kings Mountain enjoyed a cozy 79-62 win over South Point. Winning is a bit easier when you make seven more threes than your opponent, as Kings Mountain did.
Kings Mountain found their leader in underclassman Bradley Floyd, who scored 20 points along with six assists. Caleb Nixon was another key contributor, scoring 15 points along with six rebounds.
Meanwhile, Crest put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Everything went their way against North Gaston as Crest made off with a 79-54 win. Given Crest's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 38th, while North Gaston is ranked 489th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Crest's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Aj Adams, who scored 23 points along with six assists and two steals. Adams has been hot recently, having posted 16 or more points the last six times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of D'various Surratt, who scored 20 points along with five rebounds and four steals.
Kings Mountain is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. As for Crest, they pushed their record up to 17-2 with that win, which was their third straight on the road.
Kings Mountain and Crest were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in January, but Kings Mountain came up empty-handed after a 79-78 loss. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Crest's King Rhodes, who dropped a double-double on 25 points and 12 rebounds. Now that Kings Mountain knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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