Basketball Game Preview: Wagener-Salley War Eagles vs. Denmark-Olar Vikings

By Team Reports Feb 7, 2024, 3:03am

Preview: Wagener-Salley War Eagles vs. Denmark-Olar Vikings

Wagener-Salley is 0-10 against Denmark-Olar since December of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Wagener-Salley War Eagles will be playing in front of their home fans against the Denmark-Olar Vikings at 7:30 p.m. Wagener-Salley comes in still looking for their first win of the season.

It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 75-23, which was the final score in Wagener-Salley's tilt against North on Tuesday. Wagener-Salley was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 48-14.

Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Denmark-Olar beat Williston-Elko 56-51 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Denmark-Olar.

It was another big night for Treveon Hinton, who scored 20 points along with six steals and two blocks. As a matter of fact, that's the most points he has scored all season. Tykeen Ross was another key contributor, almost dropping a double-double on nine points and 13 rebounds.

Wagener-Salley dropped their record down to 0-19 with that defeat, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Denmark-Olar, their win bumped their record up to 15-5.

Wagener-Salley was dealt a bruising 101-39 loss at the hands of Denmark-Olar in their previous meeting back in January. The contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Wagener-Salley was down 51-22.