Preview: High Point Eagles vs. Northwestern Wildcats
High Point is on a four-game streak of home losses (dating back to last season), Northwestern an 11-game streak of away losses (dating back to last season), but someone's luck is about to change. The High Point Eagles will take on the Northwestern Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
High Point struggled with assists on Tuesday (Parkdale had 12 more) and sadly the final score reflected it. High Point took a hard 59-43 fall against Parkdale. High Point has not had much luck with Parkdale recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Defeat or not, High Point got some senior leadership from Ibrahim Turay who scored 18 points along with five steals and Kadan Solomonraj who scored 13 points. Solomonraj scored a full 30.2% of High Point's points, the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 84-40, which was the final score in Northwestern's tilt against DuVal on Tuesday. Northwestern was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 47-22.
High Point's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Northwestern, their loss dropped their record down to 2-1.
High Point couldn't quite finish off Northwestern when the teams last played back in February and fell 53-50. Will High Point have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
