Basketball Game Preview: T.C. Roberson Rams vs. North Mecklenburg Vikings

By Team Reports Feb 25, 2024, 2:20am

Preview: T.C. Roberson Rams vs. North Mecklenburg Vikings

The T.C. Roberson Rams will head out on the road to face off against the North Mecklenburg Vikings at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

After soaring to a 40-point victory in their last game, T.C. Roberson came back down to earth on Wednesday. They fell just short of A.C. Reynolds by a score of 60-58.

Despite the loss, T.C. Roberson saw an underclassman step up: LaRon Mills scored 25 points along with seven rebounds and three steals. Mills continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Roman Lytle, who scored six points along with seven steals and six rebounds.

Meanwhile, North Mecklenburg had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 40 points), and they went ahead and made it 11 on Friday. They walked away with a 67-55 win over Chambers.

T.C. Roberson's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-9. As for North Mecklenburg, they are on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-3 record this season.

T.C. Roberson was taken down by North Mecklenburg 89-33 when the teams last played back in February of 2016. Can T.C. Roberson avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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